Spacedesk Alternatives

Spacedesk is described as 'Extend or mirror your Windows desktop using local network-connected devices like Android, iOS, and others as additional monitors' and is a very popular screen mirroring app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Spacedesk for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Spacedesk alternative is Duet Display. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Deskreen or Weylus. Other great apps like Spacedesk are Multiplicity, Tab Display, Side Screen and QtScrcpy.

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Spacedesk alternatives are mainly Screen Mirroring Apps, but if you're looking for Remote Desktop Tools or Mouse Sharing Utilities you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Open Source, Mac, Mac + Screen Mirroring, Linux + Screen Mirroring, Android and Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Spacedesk.
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    DFMirage is "cutting edge" video driver mirroring technology for the Windows. It is a driver for virtual video device managed at DDML level of the graphics system that exactly mirrors the drawing operations of one or more physical display devices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. ZoneScreen icon
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    ZoneScreen is able to mirror local desktop to another computer in the network. The main difference is that it also allows extend desktop, not only mirror it. Also, you could use ZoneScreen for Windows Mobile to extend/mirror your desktop to screen of your handheld.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Mobile
     
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    Main web reads "[...] new feature to be implemented, it is very unlikely for new versions to appear in the nearest future[...] I haven't done any changes to ZoneScreen in years."See https://www.zoneos.com/zonescreen.htm

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    Very old but still OK if you want to mirror the display. There are comments regarding extending the desktop, but it seems to be complicated.

    • ZoneScreen is Free Personal and ProprietarySpacedesk is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. MirrorHall creates virtual second monitors over the network using UDP video streaming among Linux desktop or mobile devices. It is optimized for low latency, and is based on gstreamer and GNOME's mutter screen sharing APIs.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. GlideX icon
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    GlideX is a cross-device screen-sharing solution. Using wired or wireless connections, you can create a bigger and better work or play space. GlideX optimizes your workflow in the blink of an eye!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
     
  5. MacDisplay icon
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    Turn any Mac you already own — even an old iMac — into a true extended second display for your Mac. No dongle, no subscription, no account, no cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. A high-performance, low-latency drawing tablet solution that turns your Android device into a professional graphics tablet for Linux (Wayland).

    6 Drawing Tablet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. BetterCast lets you use your old device (Mac, Android, iPhone) as real extended displays with zero subscriptions, zero cloud, and native macOS performance.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Linux
     
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