Petal, open-source CoScreen/ScreenHero finally free
Lets teams share real desktop windows with live remote control, self-hosted or cloud.
Petal shares actual windows — movable, resizable — instead of a shared-screen tile, and lets anyone click into a shared window to type, scroll and click as if it were theirs. Several people can share windows at once in a persistent room you just click into, no meeting links to send. Run it on Petal's hosted LiveKit cloud with zero setup, self-host the same app against your own LiveKit server for compliance, or fork the code and build your own stack.
What holds up
- +Shared windows stay real windows — movable and resizable, not a flat screen-share tile.
- +Persistent rooms need just one click to join — no links to send or meetings to schedule.
- +Self-host option points the app at your own LiveKit server, so media traffic stays on your infrastructure.
- +Open source, so you can fork and build your own stack if you need full control.
Mind the limits
- −Self-host requires running your own LiveKit media server — not a drop-in SaaS.
- −Fork & build means maintaining your own app and stack — most control, most of the work.
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