Petal — Open Source Pair Programming

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Open Source
Pair Programming

Low latency, high resolution screensharing and remote control

Download for Mac Download for Windows View source

free (Linux support coming next)

Real windows

Shared windows appear as windows on your desktop. Movable, resizable, sharp, not tiles in a grid.

Interactive

Labeled user cursors on all shared windows. Instant remote mouse and keyboard input.

Simultaneous

Several users can share their windows at the same time.

Persistent

Create rooms like eng-sync. Click once and you're in — no links to send, nothing to schedule.

Run Petal

Only the video backend changes.

quick

Petal Cloud

Download and join your meeting on our LiveKit video infrastructure.

Install the desktop app and join. Zero config.

(nothing)

Most teams

Download

Self-host

The same app, pointed at a LiveKit server you run.

One docker-compose, set the server URL.

The media server — traffic stays yours

Compliance & data control

Open on GitHub

Fork & build

Full control. Change the app, bring your own stack.

Fork, build, ship your own.

Everything

Deep customization

Open on GitHub