Apple-native
Written in Swift 6.2. ScreenCaptureKit capture at 60fps, Metal rendering, system-level input injection — no Electron, no middle layer.
Apple-native · Built for coding
Control your Mac remotely, with latency you can’t feel
Nearshell is an Apple-native one-to-one remote controller built for coding workflows. macOS captures, iPhone / iPad controls — end-to-end encrypted, so not even our servers can see your screen or keystrokes.
macOS 26 · iOS / iPadOS 16.3+ · Coming to the App Store
Not just another remote desktop
Every piece is redesigned for writing code on your phone and driving your Mac.
Engineered for low latency
An 8ms bounded event coalescer, sender-side local cursor prediction, and a control / realtime split make clicks and scrolls feel immediate.
End-to-end trusted pairing
Curve25519 device identity, a one-time QR code with mutual HMAC proof; after pairing all signaling is signed, with replay and clock-window protection.
It understands your terminal
Direct terminal text, focused-window mode, and a keyboard with both IME composition and raw key-passthrough — ⌘Tab and shortcuts pass through verbatim.
Redesigned for touch
The whole screen is a trackpad on iPhone / iPad: one-finger move, two-finger scroll / zoom, long-press drag, two-finger right click; indirect pointer, any orientation.
Works out of the box, free to start
No servers to run. Use one Mac free, unlock everything with a 14-day trial; subscribe to connect unlimited devices.
Three steps to your Mac
Pair once, then just open and connect.
01
Pair
The Mac shows a one-time QR code; scanning it from iPhone pins both identities. On Simulator or without a camera, paste the text invite instead.
02
Connect
Tap a device to connect. Direct-first, relayed through our nearest TURN only when needed; the diagnostics view shows latency and bitrate live.
03
Control
The whole screen becomes a trackpad, with a one-tap video toggle up top. Keyboard, clipboard, terminal, focused window — all at your fingertips.
Zero trust by default
Security isn’t a feature — it’s the foundation
Every signal and every frame is built on a verifiable identity.
Device identity
Each side holds a Curve25519 private key; public keys are pinned during pairing via mutual HMAC proof and stored in the Keychain.
Signed signaling
After pairing, accept / offer / answer / candidate all travel in signed envelopes, verifying session, endpoint identity, time window and monotonic sequence.
Authenticate, then stream
Streaming only begins after a mutual challenge-response on the control channel — the screen is sent only after that.
Input requires consent
The Mac injects input only after you grant Accessibility permission, and releases any held keys the moment a connection leaves streaming.
Private by design
End-to-end encrypted — only you can see it
We run the servers, but we can’t see your content.
Video and input travel over an end-to-end encrypted WebRTC / QUIC channel; the signaling server only forwards signed setup messages and can neither read nor decrypt your screen and keystrokes. Even a compromised server can’t peek or impersonate an endpoint.
- Screen / mouse-keyboard / terminal text are end-to-end encrypted — the server can’t decrypt them
- Direct (P2P) first, relayed through our nearest TURN only when needed — still encrypted
- We don’t collect your screen content and run no content telemetry
Technical specs
- Platform
- macOS 26 · iOS / iPadOS 16.3+
- Distribution
- iOS via App Store · Mac app free, Apple-notarized direct install
- Capture
- ScreenCaptureKit · 60fps · long edge 1920
- Transport
- WebRTC / QUIC · direct-first · nearest-TURN fallback
- Crypto
- Curve25519 · HMAC pairing · end-to-end encryption
- Rendering
- Metal video view · local cursor prediction
Coming soon
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