ClawTank
Open-source RDP server for macOS. Use your Mac mini or Mac Studio from a MacBook, Windows, iPad or Linux with stock Windows App, mstsc or FreeRDP. Hardware H.264, virtual displays at the client's resolution, audio and clipboard. LAN-only by default, no cloud. Rust (IronRDP) and Swift.
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GITHUB · launched Oct 21, 2026 · 39 upvotes (top 33%) · 0 views
Niche: remote desktop and control software · 115 launches, 17 in the last 7 days ▲ +31% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- ironrdp
- mac-mini
- macos
- mcp
- rdp
- remote-desktop
- +2 more
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Could you build this?
No An RDP server for macOS needs low-level work: RDP protocol implementation, hardware H.264 encoding, capture and virtual display management on macOS, and low-latency input and audio. That is systems and graphics engineering, not CRUD.
What it would actually take: The stack would be a Rust RDP core (such as IronRDP) and a Swift layer that uses ScreenCaptureKit or CGDisplay APIs for capture, VideoToolbox for hardware H.264 encoding, and some form of virtual display provisioning. The hard parts are the display and encoding pipeline latency, macOS permission and display-driver quirks, and protocol correctness across different RDP clients. Building it well needs experienced systems and macOS graphics engineers.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 464 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #183 of 465 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 351 days after the earliest competitor.
- RDP to your Mac at 4K/60fps using the Windows RDP client with ProRDP · hn · 2026-09-30 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- Remotr · ph · 2026-11-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- RDPyon · ph · 2026-10-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- UniXNU · github · 2026-10-19 · 851 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- MacVM · ph · 2026-10-16 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- PortlessBar · ph · 2026-10-03 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- krd · github · 2026-10-29 · 129 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- MoloFTP · ph · 2026-11-01 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.44
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