GfxTablet vs scrcpy

GfxTablet

Draw on your PC via your Android device (by rfc2822)

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Display and control your Android device (by Genymobile)

Android C Sdl2 Libav Ffmpeg Screen Mirroring Recording

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GfxTablet		scrcpy
	Project
4	Mentions	983
466	Stars	102,832
-	Growth	2.4%
0.0	Activity	9.3
over 4 years ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
Java	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	Apache License 2.0

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GfxTablet

Posts with mentions or reviews of GfxTablet. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-21.

Anyone know how to connect the ipad to GIMP? I wanna use it as a drawing tablet
1 project | /r/GIMP | 23 Jun 2023

For Android, there is GfxTablet, which basically turns your tablet or phone into an approximation of a graphics tablet and works together with an input driver on for a Linux system running GIMP to appear as a tablet there.
How to use Boox as a digitizer on Linux machines?
3 projects | /r/Onyx_Boox | 21 Feb 2022

Check out https://github.com/H-M-H/Weylus . I have not tried it myself, because the tool did not exist when I last researched this use case ( only GfxTablet existed back then and was already abandoned )
Krita 5 beta on mobile!
2 projects | /r/kde | 25 Aug 2021
Request: I'm looking for a graphic tablet just for simple writing onto a whiteboard, or to draw diagrams such as flow charts or mind maps
1 project | /r/TechnologyProTips | 7 Jan 2021

scrcpy

Posts with mentions or reviews of scrcpy. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-05.

Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Mar 2024

There's also https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy which works for any Android, not just Samsung
KINDLY help i am really in a mess
1 project | /r/AndroidGaming | 10 Dec 2023

How did you manage that? I mean, what's the app name? Maybe srcpy can help you: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
Just got Oneplus 12! Ask anything and I'll try to answer.
1 project | /r/oneplus | 9 Dec 2023

GitHub - Genymobile/scrcpy: Display and control your Android device
Alt+Arrow keys while mirroring: possible?
1 project | /r/scrcpy | 8 Dec 2023
Webcam para entrevista.
1 project | /r/devsarg | 7 Dec 2023
Voice call pc
2 projects | /r/software | 6 Dec 2023

Needs android 11 tho https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/audio.md
[TOOL] All-in-One tool for Windows. Wear OS Tools v11
2 projects | /r/WearOS | 9 Nov 2023

View and control the watch from the PC with scrcpy (only Wear OS 3).
Scrcpy 2.2 adds Android camera mirroring
1 project | /r/hypeurls | 6 Nov 2023

1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Nov 2023
Scrcpy v2.2
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Nov 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GfxTablet and scrcpy you can also consider the following projects:

Weylus - Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on your computer.

KeyMapper - **DEVELOPMENT STOPPED**.📱 An Android app that change what the buttons do on your devices!

scrcpy-ios - Scrcpy-iOS.app is a remote control tool for Android Phones based on [https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy].

sndcpy - Android audio forwarding (scrcpy, but for audio)

deskreen - Deskreen turns any device with a web browser into a secondary screen for your computer. ⭐️ Star to support our work!

termux-tasker - Termux add-on app for integration with Tasker.

SysDVR - Stream switch games to your PC via USB or network

barrier - Open-source KVM software

switch-remoteplay - NOT AN OFFICIAL NINTENDO PRODUCT - Control your Switch remotely (no hacking required)

WSL2-Linux-Kernel - The source for the Linux kernel used in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2)

evdi-vnc - A minimalist utility to start up a VNC server as a secondary screen using EVDI.

guiscrcpy - A full fledged GUI integration for the award winning open-source android screen mirroring system -- scrcpy located on https://github.com/genymobile/scrcpy/ by @rom1v