Top 4 second-screen Open-Source Projects

• deskreen

  109 15,201 0.0 TypeScript

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

Project mention: Is there a way to make ubuntu 23.10 think it has a monitor connected when headless? | /r/Ubuntu | 2023-10-28

Or if you are an experienced user of your operating system, you can find solutions on how to create a virtual display without a need for Virtual Display Adapter in the following link: https://github.com/pavlobu/deskreen/discussions/86

• VirtScreen

  8 1,572 0.0 Python

  Make your iPad/tablet/computer into a secondary monitor on Linux.

Project mention: The Broadway Windowing System | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-30

The question should've been "can a vnc server serves as a virtual display?".

On that, I found https://github.com/kbumsik/VirtScreen

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• linux-extend-screen

  5 247 0.0

  Turn your Android tablet into a second monitor on Linux (extend screen)

• openscreenprotocol

  4 86 6.9 Bikeshed

  Open Screen Protocol

  

Project mention: Making a Chromecast Receiver | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-01

I had no clue Chrome already used Openscreen Protocol! I thought it was just an in-progress idea & that their casting ecosystem was all something different. https://github.com/w3c/openscreenprotocol

It's lamentable that so far this very cool part of the web has no open interoperable solutions. I'm so delighted to see this hackery & hear it works!! I really really really hope it sticks, until a real answer is provided.

second-screen related posts

• The Broadway Windowing System
  2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Jan 2024
• Is there a way to make ubuntu 23.10 think it has a monitor connected when headless?
  2 projects | /r/Ubuntu | 28 Oct 2023
• Deskreen – turn any device into a secondary screen
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Oct 2023
• Making a Chromecast Receiver
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Oct 2023
• Android 14 adds support for using your smartphone as a webcam
  7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Sep 2023
• Just wondering if I can run sillytavern or pygmalion(forgot which is which) on my pc and use my phone to connect to it then use tavernAI (the interface) on my phone?
  1 project | /r/PygmalionAI | 7 Jul 2023
• How can I create a second virtual monitor on my steamdeck without needing to plug in a usbc alt dummymonitor plug ?
  1 project | /r/SteamDeck | 7 Jul 2023
• A note from our sponsor - SurveyJS
  surveyjs.io | 29 Apr 2024

  With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js. Learn more →

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