Remote desktop for your Mac
Be at your Mac from anywhere.
Bilocate puts your Mac's screen on your iPhone or another Mac, sized to fit the screen you're holding. It connects only over your own Tailscale network.
How it works
Bilocate has two parts: a small app on each Mac you want to reach, and a viewer on the device in your hand.
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Run the host on your Mac
The host lives in the menu bar and starts at login. It shows its status and any permissions it still needs, like Screen Recording and Accessibility.
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Choose who can connect
Each Mac keeps its own list of your devices that may connect. Bilocate checks every connection against your Tailscale network and turns away anything not on the list.
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Open it from your phone or Mac
The viewer lists your Macs by their Tailscale name, like
mac-mini. Tap one and you're at its desktop.
Made for the screen you're holding
The remote desktop reshapes itself to your device instead of shrinking a big screen into a small one.
Fits the screen
The desktop resizes to the viewer's screen, orientation and window size, and adjusts live when any of them change.
One screen or two
On iPhone Duo, the desktop follows you from one display to both as you open and turn the phone.
Mac to Mac, too
Every Mac can be a host and a viewer, so you can reach the Mac at home from the one in your bag.
Sound comes along
Your Mac's audio plays on the device you're viewing from.
Shared clipboard
Copy on one device and paste on the other.
Native on Apple devices
Built in Swift with Apple's own frameworks, for macOS and iOS.
Your screen stays between your devices
- The host listens only on your Tailscale network, never on the open internet.
- Connections use Tailscale's encryption, including at home, where your devices connect directly.
- No Bilocate servers sit in between. No account to create.
- No analytics or tracking of any kind.
Download
Bilocate is in development. Downloads will be posted here when they're ready.
Mac
Bilocate for Mac
The host for the Mac you want to reach, and the viewer for any Mac you'll connect from.
macOS 15 or later
iPhone
Bilocate for iPhone
The viewer for your phone, including both screens of iPhone Duo.
iOS 26 or later
Every device also needs Tailscale, signed in to the same network. Requirements are planned and may change before release.