The vibe coder
Your Mac mini, Mac Studio or old MacBook runs AI agents and long builds around the clock. Check on them from the café, approve a change from the couch, or pick up exactly where the agent left off.
Remote desktop for the Mac that never sleeps
Your Mac keeps working. Check in from anywhere.
Leave any Mac running at home or in the office, whether it's a Mac mini, a Mac Studio, an iMac or a MacBook with the lid closed. VibeDesktop turns the iPad, Android tablet or spare phone you already own into a full workstation for it. Plug in a monitor, keyboard and mouse, and you're back at your desk.
Any Mac as host · iPad and iPhone · Android coming soon
› agent resume refactor-auth
reading 48 files…
editing src/session/keys.swift
running tests
✓ all tests passed
›
iPad + monitor
encrypted · ~25 ms
Your Mac at home
Works with any Mac as the host:
Mac miniMac StudioiMacMacBook AirMacBook ProMac Pro60 fps HEVC
Hardware video, smooth enough to edit code all day
~25 ms
From the Mac to your screen on a home network
Headless ready
A virtual display, so a Mac with no monitor or a closed MacBook just works
No accounts
Devices pair directly, with forward-secret encryption
How it works
Three steps from the couch, the café or the other side of the world.
01
Install the host on your Mac
A small, free menu bar app for any Mac. It creates a virtual display shaped like your device, so it works even with no monitor attached.
02
Pair your tablet or phone
Open VibeDesktop on your iPad, iPhone or Android device and pair it once. After that, it finds your Mac on its own.
03
Plug in and get to work
Connect a monitor, keyboard and mouse to your device for a full desk setup, or use touch, trackpad and Apple Pencil.
Two ways to connect
Bring your own network, or let us handle the tunnel.
Your network
Available nowUse the Wi-Fi at home, or reach your Mac from anywhere through a VPN you already run, like WireGuard or Tailscale, into your home or office network.
- Nothing leaves the networks you control
- Works with your existing WireGuard setup
- No relay servers, no accounts
Anywhere
Coming laterNo VPN to set up. VibeDesktop builds its own encrypted tunnel between your device and your Mac over the internet, secured with public and private key pairs.
- Keys stay on your devices
- Connect from any network, hotel Wi-Fi included
Who it's for
For people whose best computer stays at home.
The travelling professional
You take security seriously and run your own WireGuard. Reach the Mac on your desk at home or work through your own tunnel, with no third-party service in the middle and nothing to sign up for.
The spare-device owner
That older iPad or phone in a drawer can drive a monitor. Add a keyboard and mouse and it becomes a second desk for your Mac, without buying another computer.
More than remote control
Everything your desk does, from your device.
Keyboard, trackpad and touch
Magic Keyboard, mouse, touch or Apple Pencil as a pointer.
External monitor
Plug a display into your iPad and run the Mac at full size.
Second display
Extend your Mac's desktop onto your iPad when you're nearby.
Sound both ways
Hear the Mac on your device, and use its microphone for calls.
iPad camera as webcam
Join a video call from the Mac using the camera in your hand.
Send files to the Mac
Drop files from your device straight into the Mac's Downloads.
Plans
Free to start. Pay once for Pro.
Free
Control your Mac at home.
$0
- Mirror and control your Mac
- 60 fps hardware video, lid closed
- Copy and paste text
- One paired Mac
Pro
Your Mac, from anywhere.
[FOUNDER PRICE]once, for life
- Everything in Free
- Away from home over your own VPN
- External monitor and second display
- Sound, microphone and camera
- Send files, unlimited Macs, 120 fps
Founder pricing ends [FOUNDER END DATE]. Founders keep every Pro feature added later.
Leave your Mac running. Take the desk with you.
Install the free host on any Mac, then get VibeDesktop for your iPad or iPhone.
Requires macOS 14 · iPadOS 17
Controlling one Mac from another? Get VibeDesktop for Mac.