The only RDP server built natively for macOS

RDP to your Mac. No cloud required.

ProRDP is a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server built natively for macOS, with full hardware acceleration and no cloud account or remote acccess required.

macOS 15 Sequoia or later · Apple silicon & Intel

Windows Remote Desktop Connection showing a live macOS desktop streamed from a Mac mini by ProRDP Windows Remote Desktop Connection showing a live macOS desktop streamed from a Mac mini by ProRDP

Performance

Accellerated by Apple silicon

ScreenCaptureKit hands frames straight to the media engine. The CPU never touches a raw pixel.

60fps

Variable refresh rate

Stream video and games like you're directly connected to your Mac.

4KUHD

Use your full monitor

No more scaled or stretched displays. Full HiDPI support.

18ms

Average end-to-end latency

Feels like you're directly using your Mac.

0.0Mbit/s

Idle desktop

Only sends data when your desktop changes.

  • H.264 encoding
  • TCP + UDP connections
  • 44.1 kHz stereo audio

Comparison

Same Mac. Same network.

ProRDP eliminates blurry and choppy connections.

macOS VNC Screen Sharing CPU software encoding
  • ~10 FPS
  • Software encode
  • Proprietary VNC client
ProRDP Apple silicon hardware encoding
  • 60 FPS
  • Hardware encode
  • Stock Windows RDP client

Features

Built for the way a Mac actually works.

More than just a screen scraper with a network socket bolted on.

Hardware encode, end to end

Apple silicon captures and encodes your screen via media engine's fixed-function silicon. Your CPU cores stay free for actual work.

Headless Mac support

Each session gets a virtual display at the client's exact resolution, so you get a desktop at the right size, not a scaled copy.

Multi-monitor support

Use all of your monitors and get dedicated virtual desktops for each of them. Seamlessly move between then just like you're natively connected.

Choose your display mode

Control your Mac, mirror it's screens, or create new extended displays for more working area. You're in control of your window configuration.

Input that feels attached

Keyboard, mouse, and vertical and horizontal scrolling, with an optional Ctrl-to-⌘ swap. I-beams, resize arrows, and pointing hands are drawn by the client locally.

The Mac's sound, on your client

Audio streams to the client as 44.1 kHz stereo, and the Mac's own speakers can be muted for the session so it doesn't play in two places at once.

Any RDP client

Stock mstsc.exe connects with default settings: no .rdp edits, NLA included. The Windows App and FreeRDP work too, with no plugins or custom app.

Clipboard and files

Copy text, rich text, HTML, and images in either direction. Files and whole folders copy both ways too, and paste in Finder like any other file.

No cloud required

Just like Windows RDP, there's no cloud subscriptions or accounts to manage. Simply lanuch the server and connect from your RDP client of choice.

Try it on your own Mac.

Free for home and personal use.

macOS 15 Sequoia or later · Apple silicon & Intel