https://github.com/nchapman/tether
Low-latency, open-source remote desktop in Rust.
https://github.com/nchapman/tether
low-latency quic remote-desktop rust streaming vaapi wgpu
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Low-latency, open-source remote desktop in Rust.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/nchapman/tether
- Owner: nchapman
- License: mit
- Created: 2026-05-20T21:33:03.000Z (23 days ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-05-21T02:27:04.000Z (22 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-05-21T03:31:42.399Z (22 days ago)
- Topics: low-latency, quic, remote-desktop, rust, streaming, vaapi, wgpu
- Language: Rust
- Size: 626 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Tether
Low-latency, open-source remote desktop in Rust. Inspired by
[Parsec](https://parsec.app/), [Moonlight](https://moonlight-stream.org/),
and [Sunshine](https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine).
**Status:** pre-MVP. Linux host → Linux client works end-to-end over QUIC
with VAAPI hardware encode, PipeWire DMA-BUF capture, and wgpu present.
macOS host (ScreenCaptureKit capture + VideoToolbox encode + CGEvent
input injection) compiles and the encoder round-trips on Apple Silicon;
end-to-end LAN streaming to a Linux client is the next demo milestone.
macOS client (VideoToolbox decode + Metal render) and the audio pipeline
follow after that.
## Layout
- `apps/tether-host` — capture + encode + send
- `apps/tether-client` — receive + decode + present
- `crates/tether-protocol` — wire types, hello/handshake, control messages
- `crates/tether-transport` — QUIC datagrams + reliable streams
- `crates/tether-capture`, `tether-codec`, `tether-vaapi`,
`tether-gpuconvert`, `tether-render`, `tether-input`, `tether-session`
## Build
```
make build # cargo build --workspace
make test # fast unit tests, no hardware
make test-hw # VAAPI + render + gpuconvert correctness + benchmarks
make help # full target list
```
## Docs
- [docs/ARCHITECTURE.md](docs/ARCHITECTURE.md) — channels, handshake,
forward-compat hooks
- [docs/TESTING.md](docs/TESTING.md) — what the test matrix covers
## License
MIT — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).