Deskway

How it works

Set up in a minute.

Two apps: a small server in the Mac's menu bar, and the Deskway app on whatever you're holding.

Install the server

Drag Deskway Server into Applications on the Mac you want to reach. It lives in the menu bar and starts nothing until a device connects.

Get the app

Download Deskway from the App Store. One app covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Pair once

Scan the QR code or type the 12-character code. From then on, pick Control, File Transfer or Terminal and you're in.

Remote desktop

Feels like sitting at it.

The Mac's screen is streamed at your device's own resolution over QUIC, decoded in hardware, with text that stays sharp.

A display sized for your device, so nothing is squinted at or letterboxed
Speed, Balanced or Best quality, switchable mid-session
Trackpad gestures and touch on iPhone and iPad, full keyboard on a Mac
Full screen, with Files and Terminal one click away in the toolbar

File Transfer

Move files both ways.

A two-pane file manager, with this device on one side and the Mac on the other. It opens on its own connection, so the Mac's screen is never captured just to copy a file.

Browse the whole Mac, not just a shared folder
Copies keep going after you close the window
Interrupted copies resume where they stopped
Send photos from your iPhone as originals, Live Photos included
Keyboard shortcuts for Tab, F5 copy, F6 move and more
Deleting goes to the Mac's Trash, never straight to gone
An optional speed limit, for when the connection is shared

Two-pane file manager copying a movie from the Mac

Terminal

A shell on your Mac, in your pocket.

Open a terminal on the Mac straight from the app. It runs as you, in full colour, without starting the screen at all.

No SSH keys to set up: pairing is enough
Drop the connection and the shell waits ten minutes for you to come back
Output you missed is sent again when you reconnect
Off until you switch on Allow Terminal on the Mac
Type exit or close it, and the shell ends

A shell on the Mac in the Deskway terminal

For AI agents

Let an agent use the Mac, too.

The server includes an MCP server, so agents like Claude Code can see the screen and use the mouse and keyboard on a headless Mac.

Agents get a 1280×800 display of their own while they work
Each agent has its own token, which you can revoke
Local or over SSH only; never on the network listener
Touch the mouse and agents pause, so you stay in charge
Off by default

Built in

Everything you'd expect, and nothing you wouldn't.

Encrypted, always

QUIC with a pinned host key. There's no unencrypted mode to switch on by accident.

Paired devices only

Every connection is a device you paired. Codes are single-use and expire in three minutes.

No cloud, no account

Your device dials your Mac directly, on your network or over your VPN. Nothing goes through a relay.

Shared clipboard

Copy on one side, paste on the other: text, rich text, links and images. Password managers' secrets are never sent.

Private when idle

Nothing is captured, and the recording indicator stays off, until a device asks to see the screen. File Transfer and Terminal never do.

Activity log

Every connection, refusal and file change a device makes is logged on the Mac.

Download

Get started.

Install the server on the Mac you want to reach, and the app on the device you'll reach it from.

Deskway Server

For the Mac you control · Version 1.0

macOS 15 Sequoia or later
Signed with Developer ID and notarized by Apple
Asks for Screen Recording and Accessibility, so it can show the screen and use the mouse and keyboard

Download .dmg

For iPhone, iPad and Mac

iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 or later
macOS 15 Sequoia or later
One purchase covers every device

Download on theApp Store

Your Mac,
from anywhere you are.