What is OpenDisplay?
Use a spare iPhone or iPad as a second display for your Mac, wired (USB) or over WiFi, with touch input.
Verified product facts
- Type
- Mac utilityEditorially reviewed
- Platform
- macOS
- Pricing
- Open sourceDeveloper-stated
- Open source
- Yes
- Relationship to Nuanyue
- Third-party product — not published by NuanyueEditorially reviewed
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Current version
- 1.25.0Developer-stated
- Official website
- opendisplay.app
Last updated . Facts marked developer-stated come from the developer and are not independently confirmed; editorially reviewed marks a Nuanyue judgement.
Key features
What OpenDisplay does at a glance.
True display extension
MacOS treats the device as a real second
USB-wired for lowest latency
Streams over the Lightning/USB-C
WiFi with zero config
The iPhone advertises itself via Bonjour
Retina / HiDPI
The virtual display matches the device panel
Touch input built in
Your iPhone becomes a touchscreen for macOS
Portrait or landscape
Rotate the device and the virtual display
Overview
Use a spare iPhone or iPad as a second display for your Mac, wired (USB) or over WiFi, with touch input.
OpenDisplay runs on macOS and is listed on Nuanyue in the utilities category.
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