VNC viewer for iPhone and Android

RemotePane is a VNC viewer for iPhone and Android. It connects your phone straight to a Mac's built-in Screen Sharing, a Linux desktop, or a Raspberry Pi running a standard VNC server — with no relay server and no account. It's also an RDP client, so one app covers Windows PCs too.

What you can connect to

• A Mac through macOS Screen Sharing — built in, nothing to install.
• Linux desktops running a standard VNC server, such as TigerVNC or x11vnc.
• A Raspberry Pi running a standard VNC server.

Flip the RDP | VNC switch on the connect screen to VNC. Saved connections remember which one they use, and the remote screen size comes from the server.

Ways to sign in

• VNC password — the password set on the VNC server.
• Mac account — your Mac's username and password.
• UltraVNC MS-Logon — your Windows account, on UltraVNC servers.

Connect to a Mac with Screen Sharing

1. On the Mac, open System Settings → General → Sharing and turn on Screen Sharing.
2. Note the Mac's IP address, or its Tailscale address if you use Tailscale.
3. In RemotePane, flip the switch to VNC, enter the address, and sign in with your Mac's username and password.

The first time you connect to a new server, RemotePane asks before it sends your Mac login. Prefer an encrypted connection? RemotePane Host, our Mac menu bar app, shares your Mac's screen over RDP instead.

Connect to Linux or a Raspberry Pi

Install a standard VNC server such as TigerVNC or x11vnc, set a VNC password, then connect from RemotePane with the switch on VNC. The VNC server built into recent Raspberry Pi OS may use a sign-in method RemotePane doesn't support yet; a standard VNC server with password sign-in works. Prefer RDP? Linux desktops can run xrdp or KDE's KRDP instead.

Keep VNC private

VNC isn't encrypted the way RDP is, so use it over Tailscale or a network you trust. With Tailscale on your phone and your computer, connect to the computer's Tailscale address — no port forwarding, and nothing exposed to the internet.

What's not supported yet

• Copy and paste over VNC. (It works both ways over RDP.)
• VNC servers that only offer proprietary or TLS-only sign-in may not connect. RemotePane works with standard VNC servers — if yours offers a plain VNC password option, use that.