End-to-end encrypted
Video, audio, input, clipboard and files are encrypted end to end. Your screen never touches our servers — even the relay only sees ciphertext.
✦Remio 3.4 — now live
Your computer,anywhere you go.
Remio is the free, native remote desktop for every screen you own — up to 6K at 120 fps, ~8 ms on your LAN, end-to-end encrypted, and never an account.
No account
Paired in 30 seconds
End-to-end encrypted
~8 ms
LAN processing · live
120 fps
at up to 6K
E2E
encrypted end to end
10
native platforms
✦Second displayPro
Every device on your desk becomes a monitor.
An iPad, an iPhone, an Android tablet, the old MacBook in a drawer, your Windows laptop, even the Apple TV — any device you pair becomes a real extended display for your Mac, Windows PC or Linux computer. Your computer's own screens stay on; you just drag windows across.
1Your first extra screen — free, on every computer
23Two more at the same time with Remio Pro
iPadiPhoneAndroid phone & tabletMacBook & any MacWindows laptop & PCApple TV
✦Native
Native on every device.
Not a web wrapper, never Electron. A native app on every platform — every gesture and every frame feels at home.
macOS · host & client
Windows · host & client
iPhone & iPad · client
Android · client & host
Apple TV · client
Vision Pro · client
Linux · host
Raspberry Pi & FreeBSD · host
✦Streaming
Your Mac, in your hand.
Up to 6K at a buttery 120 fps with hardware H.265, sized to your screen. Remio shows the newest frame the instant it lands — no buffering, no replaying stale frames — so it feels like sitting at your desk, even over 5G.
Close the MacBook lid. Keep working. No dummy HDMI dongle — ever.
✦Cross-platform
Windows, too.
One app for every computer you own — the gaming PC, the work Mac, the Linux box in the closet. The same low latency on your LAN and the same end-to-end encryption, on NVIDIA, AMD or Intel graphics.
Touch, pencil, keyboard and gamepad input carry through 1:1.
✦Gaming
Play PC games on anything.
Touch controls or real controllers. A Windows or Linux PC sees up to four players as genuine Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 controllers, rumble included — and 120 fps keeps every frame of the action.
Build a layout per game; Remio switches profiles the moment the game comes to the front. Remio for gaming →
✦Pairing
Paired in seconds.
Scan a QR code or type a six-digit code that renews itself every five minutes. No accounts, no router settings, no IT department — your devices talk directly to each other.
✦Host
Your computer, always ready.
Remio Host lives quietly on your Mac, PC, Linux box, Raspberry Pi or FreeBSD machine. It starts at login, restarts itself if anything ever goes wrong, streams at the lock screen or with the lid closed, and shows exactly who is connected — and from where.
Pairing codes that expire, a 30-day activity log, and one-click access removal on every host.
✦Security
Private by design.
Zero-knowledge architecture. Your stream, your keys, your devices — nothing on our side to breach.
Direct, device to device
No middleman in the path. An encrypted relay steps in only when your network blocks a direct route — and it can't read a thing.
Codes that expire
Six-digit codes renew every five minutes, and five wrong guesses replace them instantly. Every pairing lands in a 30-day activity log.
No account, nothing to leak
No email, no password, no profile to breach. Your screen, keystrokes and files are never logged, stored or inspected.
✦Dynamic resolution
A screen shaped exactly like yours.
Other remote desktops squeeze your monitor onto your phone. Remio builds a display the exact shape of the device in your hand — portrait iPhone, iPad, ultrawide — and reshapes it live when you rotate or resize. On macOS, Windows and Linux.
No letterboxing
No squeezed text
No HDMI dummy plug
Lid closed? Still streaming
✦How it works
Connect in three steps.
01
Install the host
Download Remio Host on the Mac, PC or Linux machine you want to reach. It runs quietly in the background and starts on its own.
02
Scan & pair
Open Remio on your phone, tablet or laptop and scan the QR code — or type the six-digit code. On Apple TV, type the Device ID and code. Done.
03
You're in
Your desktop, live in your hand — with touch, keyboard, mouse, Apple Pencil and gamepad control, from anywhere.
✦Compare
Why people switch to Remio.
The same job, none of the baggage. Here's how Remio stacks up against the remote desktops you already know.
| Capability |  Remio |
TeamViewer | AnyDesk | Parsec | Chrome Remote Desktop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free for personal use | no time limit | Non-commercial onlyusage is monitored | Limited free plan | ||
| No account needed | Google account | ||||
| LAN input latency | ~8 ms | ~50 ms | ~40 ms | ~8 ms | ~60 ms |
| 6K at 120 fps | 60 fps | ||||
| Display shaped to your device | Mac, Windows & Linux | Windows & MacWarp or Teams; free fallback on Windows | |||
| Lid-closed Mac, no dummy plug | |||||
| Native iPhone & iPad app | |||||
| Apple TV app |
Competitor plans and features as published on each vendor's website, October 2026; latency is LAN input latency measured internally. Every head-to-head comparison →
✦Use cases
Made for the way you work — and play.
Your Mac on iPad
The full power of your Mac on iPad — with keyboard, trackpad and Apple Pencil.
Set it upPC gaming anywhere
Your gaming rig on the couch, in bed or across town — up to 6K at 120 fps.
Play nowCreative pros
Photoshop, Premiere, Blender and Logic on the machine that can actually run them.
See workflowsDevelopers
Xcode, VS Code and your real terminal from any device, with the host's full GPU.
Code anywhereWindows from your Mac
Run that one Windows-only app from your MacBook, in a window shaped to fit.
Learn howHelp family, remotely
Fix Mum's laptop from your phone — no accounts to explain, just a six-digit code.
Read the guideVision Pro & Apple TV
Your desktop on the biggest screen in the house — or floating in your room.
Go bigLinux, even on Wayland
Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, a Raspberry Pi or FreeBSD — approve once, stream forever.
Linux guide✦Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is Remio?
Remio is a free, 100% native remote desktop app. It streams your Mac, Windows PC, Linux machine, Raspberry Pi or FreeBSD box to your iPhone, iPad, Android device, Mac, Windows PC, Apple TV or Apple Vision Pro — sized to your screen, up to 6K at 120 FPS, with about 8 ms of processing latency on a local network (the rest is your display's own refresh), end-to-end encrypted over a direct peer-to-peer connection. It pairs with a QR code or a six-digit code and needs no account.
Is Remio free?
Yes. Remio is free to use, with no time limits, no ads, no device limit and no commercial-use detection — and everything that was free before Remio Pro stays free, forever. Remio Pro is an optional subscription for power features: $1.99 a month, with a 7-day free trial.
What is Remio Pro?
Remio Pro is Remio's one optional subscription — $1.99 a month with a 7-day free trial, bought in the app on iPhone, iPad, Mac or Android and used on every device where you sign in, Windows included. It adds up to three second displays per computer at once, extra virtual displays, a controller you remap with a profile for every game, files your computer sends back to you, file transfer on any connection (even relayed), choosing which speaker your computer plays through and Split Keyboard on phones. Remio Pro also lets you work on up to five screens of a computer at once from the Mac or Windows app, make as many buttons of your own on the Control Board as you like — with app-only and ready-made buttons and steps that open an app, lock or sleep the computer or run a script — and have Lock mouse lock itself when a game takes the mouse. USB devices plugged into your Mac work on the Mac you control. Full mouse control for first-person games is included, and USB from Android comes to subscribers at no extra cost when it ships. See pricing.
What's new in Remio 3.4?
Remio 3.4 adds one-tap pairing from an iPhone or iPad with a Mac on the same Wi‑Fi, Game mode, buttons of your own on the Control Board (six are free), a Computer card to check on a Mac without connecting, Lock Remio, zoom with a mini-map, View only and screenshots, Text on screen, a second display that works away from home, and up to 240 fps on the Mac and Windows apps with a faster display. Some features need the latest Remio Host. Remio 3.0 is the biggest update yet: virtual displays you can add on demand, a gamepad you design and save per game (a Windows or Linux computer sees a real Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 controller), files in both directions, the Control Board with every session control in one place, Split Keyboard on iPhone, blank-screen and lock-computer controls, live connection numbers, pairing codes that expire every five minutes, a 30-day activity log on every host, and the whole app in eight languages. Since then, Remio 3.2 added Second Display — an iPhone, iPad, Android device, Mac, Apple TV or Windows PC can extend your computer's desktop — and Remio 3.3 opens each of a computer's screens in its own window and locks the mouse to first-person games. Full changelog.
Do I need an account to use Remio?
No. Pair two devices by scanning a QR code or typing a six-digit code — no email, no password. Signing in is optional: it lets you see every computer you own on every device you carry, and it's how a Pro subscription follows you.
What platforms does Remio support?
Remio Host runs on macOS 15+, Windows 10 and 11 (including Home), Linux on X11 and Wayland, Raspberry Pi OS and FreeBSD 14, with an Android host in beta. Remio Client runs on iPhone and iPad (iOS 18+), Mac (macOS 15+), Android 12+ phones, tablets and Chromebooks, Windows 10/11, Apple TV (tvOS 18+) and Apple Vision Pro. Every app is 100% native — no Electron, no web wrappers. Download for your platform.
How fast is Remio?
On a local network the whole processing pipeline — capture, hardware encoding, the network hop and hardware decoding — takes about 8 ms; the rest is your display's own refresh. Remio streams up to 6K at 120 FPS with hardware H.265 and always shows the newest frame instead of buffering old ones (measured internally — see benchmarks).
How secure is Remio?
Every session is end-to-end encrypted, with keys negotiated directly between your devices. Your screen never touches Remio's servers — even the fallback relay only sees ciphertext. Pairing codes expire every five minutes, and every host keeps a 30-day log of who connected. How Remio keeps you safe.
Does Remio work over the internet or only on the same Wi-Fi?
Both — at home, across town or across the world, on Wi-Fi, Ethernet or 5G. Remio connects your devices directly whenever it can, with no router setup or port forwarding, and falls back to an encrypted relay only when a network blocks the direct path.
Can I play PC games with Remio?
Yes. Remio streams up to 6K at 120 FPS and supports touch gamepads and real controllers. On Windows and Linux hosts, up to four players show up as genuine Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 controllers with rumble; on a Mac host a controller is mapped to keys and mouse. With Remio Pro you can build a custom layout for every game. Remio for gaming.
Does Remio need a dummy HDMI plug or work with the lid closed?
No dummy plug needed. Remio creates a virtual display shaped exactly like your device on macOS, Windows and Linux hosts, so a headless PC or a MacBook with its lid closed keeps streaming. Lid-closed streaming.
Is Remio a good alternative to TeamViewer and AnyDesk?
Yes. Remio is free for everyone with no commercial-use detection, needs no account, runs natively on every platform and streams up to 6K at 120 FPS with about 8 ms of processing latency on LAN. By comparison, TeamViewer Remote Access costs $24.90 a month and AnyDesk Solo $24.90.
Is Remio better than Parsec for gaming?
Remio is in Parsec's latency class on LAN and adds native iPhone, iPad and Apple TV apps (Parsec has no iOS app), a virtual display on macOS, Windows and Linux hosts, and it's free where Parsec Warp costs $9.99 a month.
Does Remio collect my data?
Remio never logs, stores or inspects your screen, keystrokes, files or clipboard, and there are no ads and no data brokers. You never need an account. The apps use standard crash reporting and usage analytics to improve reliability. Privacy policy.
Have a different question? See all FAQs.
✦New in Remio 3.4
Pair in a tap. Play your way.
One-tap pairing with a Mac on your Wi‑Fi, Game mode, buttons of your own, a live card for every Mac, and a second display that works away from home.
Pair with one tap.
A Mac on the same Wi‑Fi shows up on your iPhone or iPad. Tap it, check the code matches, click Allow on the Mac.
Game mode.
One switch sets up a session for playing — the highest frame rate your screen shows. Remio remembers it for each computer.
Buttons of your own.
A press, a double press or a hold plays a shortcut, types text or waits. Six are free — Remio Pro takes the limit away.
Zoom in with a map.
Past 1.5×, a small map shows where you are on the computer's screen — and the computer sends just the part you're looking at.
A second display, at home or away.
The device in your hand extends your computer's desktop — straight between your devices, never through a relay.
Some features need the latest Remio Host on your computer. Everything that shipped, platform by platform: read the changelog →
✦Pricing
Free to use. Pro for $1.99 a month.
Everything that was free before Remio Pro stays free, forever. Pro adds the power features — try it free for 7 days.
Remio Free
The complete remote desktop, for everyone.
$0no time limit
Download free
- Up to 6K at 120 fps · ~8 ms LAN processing latency
- Unlimited sessions and computers
- A second display on every computer, from any device
- A display shaped to your device
- Controllers, audio, clipboard & file sending
- End-to-end encryption, no account
- Game mode, Lock Remio, one-tap pairing and a card for every Mac
Remio Pro Pro
For people who live in their remote desktop.
$1.99/ month
Start your free trial→
- Up to three second displays per computer, at once
- Extra virtual displays
- Your controller, remapped per game
- Files both ways, on any connection
- Choose which speaker your computer plays through
- Split Keyboard on your phone
- USB devices from your Mac
- More than six buttons of your own on the Control Board
- Up to five screens of a computer at once, from the Mac or Windows app
- Lock mouse that locks itself when a game takes the mouse
One subscription for every device you sign in to. Compare plans in full →
One app for every screen you own
macOS host & client
Windows host & client
Linux X11 & Wayland
iPhone
iPad
Android phone, tablet & host
Apple TV
Vision Pro
Raspberry Pi
FreeBSD
Chromebook
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