ScreenHarbor Host Support
ScreenHarbor Host is the open-source Mac host for secure, low-latency Mac-to-Mac remote desktop. It advertises on your LAN, requires visible approval for every new peer, and supports screen streaming, input, audio, clipboard, files, and opt-in terminal access.
Support
Common Topics
The direct-download channel uses ad-hoc signing and is not Apple-notarized. For a release marked Live, verify its checksum, then Control-click and choose Open or use Privacy & Security → Open Anyway. Never disable Gatekeeper globally.
No. LAN discovery and peer connections are local-first. For access between networks, use a private network you control, such as Tailscale.
Screen Recording is required to share the display, and Accessibility is required for approved keyboard and pointer control. macOS requires you to grant both manually.
Only after it presents the pending device name and full fingerprint to you and uses an exact fingerprint-bound approval command. Unknown requests must never be auto-approved.