Weylus Community Edition
Turns a tablet or phone into a graphics tablet or touch screen for your computer via the browser.
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About Weylus Community Edition
Weylus Community Edition is a maintained build of Weylus, an open-source app that lets a tablet or phone act as a drawing tablet, touch screen or mirrored display for your computer. You start Weylus on the computer and open the address it shows (or scan its QR code) in the tablet's web browser; no app is needed on the tablet. It mirrors the screen or a single window, sends pen, touch and keyboard input back, and uses hardware video encoding to keep latency down. It works on Linux, Windows and macOS, but Linux gets the most: stylus pressure and tilt, multi-touch for apps such as Krita, drawing into specific windows, and a second-screen mode. The Community Edition bundles patches for Wayland and iOS compatibility and stylus pressure on macOS, and is available on Flathub. It is free. It suits artists and note-takers on Linux who want an iPad or Android tablet as a pen display without buying one.
Best for: Linux artists who want to use a tablet as a pressure-sensitive pen display.
Pros and cons
What works
- Nothing to install on the tablet; it runs in the browser
- Pen pressure, tilt and multi-touch on Linux
- Can capture and draw into a single window
- Free and open source
Why people leave
- Best features are Linux-only
- No encryption on the connection, so use only on trusted networks
- Second-screen mode needs extra setup such as a dummy plug
Top Weylus Community Edition alternatives
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Deskreen62.6Free and open source, also browser-based, aimed at using a device as an extra screen.
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spacedesk59.6Free for personal use on Windows, with touch and pen input from Android, iOS or another PC.
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Duet54.5Commercial app with native tablet apps, wired connections and drawing-tablet mode on Mac and Windows.
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Weylus Community Edition: common questions
Is Weylus Community Edition free?
Yes. Weylus Community Edition is free, open-source software.
Is Weylus Community Edition open source?
Yes. The source code is on GitHub at electronstudio/WeylusCommunityEdition.
What platforms does Weylus Community Edition run on?
Weylus Community Edition is available for Linux, Windows and macOS.
What are the best alternatives to Weylus Community Edition?
The highest-ranked Weylus Community Edition alternatives right now are Deskreen, spacedesk and Duet. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.