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Noctiluca Navigator is a remote desktop clientsupporting macOS, iOS, Windows, and Linux.

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Features by Platform

Windows and Linux versions are currently in development. You can try them early through nightly builds.

FeaturemacOSiOS / iPadOSWindowsLinux
Status✅ Available✅ Available🚧 In Development🚧 In Development
Screen Projection✅✅✅✅
HW Accelerated Decoding✅ VideoToolbox✅ VideoToolbox✅ DXVA / D3D11✅ VA-API / OpenGL
HDR Support✅✅——
Audio Streaming✅✅✅✅
Keyboard / Mouse Input✅ Incl. Exclusive Mode✅ Shared Mode Only✅ Incl. Exclusive Mode✅ Incl. Exclusive Mode
Multi Display✅ Multi Window✅ In-App Switching✅ Multi Window✅ Multi Window
Touch / Pinch Zoom—✅——
Minimum OSmacOS 15+iOS 17+ / iPadOS 17+Windows 10+Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 43

Noctiluca Navigator does not include built-in H.264 / H.265 (HEVC) encoder or decoder modules; it uses hardware-accelerated decoding APIs provided by each platform to render remote screens.
On Windows and Linux, a Cisco OpenH264-based software decoder can be downloaded with user consent and dynamically loaded via dlsym(3) as a fallback when hardware-accelerated decoding is not available.

Windows and Linux versions are built on the Qt framework licensed under LGPL. Users may replace the Qt libraries with their own builds in accordance with the LGPL license.
Limited reverse engineering is permitted for Windows and Linux versions to enable use of user-provided Qt builds. See the Noctiluca Navigator License Agreement page for details.

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macOSAvailable
  • Exclusive Input Mode — Forward all shortcuts including ⌘Q to remote
  • Detach Secondary Displays to Separate Windows
  • System-Level Input Capture via Cocoa Event Tap
 
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iOS / iPadOSAvailable
  • Full Screen + Top Edge Swipe Overlay Toolbar
  • Pinch Zoom (1x–5x) + Cursor Tracking / Free Zoom Mode
  • Floating Palette Button (Software Keyboard, Zoom Toggle)
  • Multiple Sessions via iPadOS Stage Manager / Split View
 
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WindowsIn Development

Navigator for Windows is currently in development. You can try it early through nightly builds.

LinuxIn Development

Navigator for Linux is currently in development. You can try it early through nightly builds.

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