Your phone is your computer's mouse.
Trackpad, air mouse, keyboard and remote — for your Mac, Windows PC, Linux computer and your TV.
Free. No account, no cloud.
| Computers | TVs | Phones |
|---|---|---|
| Mac — Apple silicon, macOS 11+ (.dmg) | Samsung | Android 8+ — closed beta, join it |
| Windows — 10 & 11, 64‑bit (.msi) | LG | iPhone — on the way |
| Linux — x86_64 and arm64 (Raspberry Pi), X11 or Wayland (.deb / .rpm) | Google TV (Sony, TCL, Philips…) |
Start on your computer, finish on your phone. Keep both on the same Wi‑Fi. The pictures show a Mac; Windows and Linux are below.
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| 1 · On your Mac — download and open Download MouseOS for Mac, drag it into Applications, open it. The first time, macOS stops it: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway. |
2 · On your Mac — allow control Click ALLOW CONTROL, then switch MouseOS on. macOS asks once before any app can move the pointer. |
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| 3 · On your phone — open MouseOS Install it on your Android phone — [join the beta](https://mouseos.app/#beta) and it comes from Google Play — and open it on the same Wi‑Fi. It finds your Mac by itself. |
4 · Back on your Mac — click ALLOW Once per phone. That's it: your phone is the mouse. |
On Windows — run the .msi (no admin rights needed). If Windows says it protected your PC: More info → Run anyway. The first time MouseOS opens, allow network access, and make sure your Wi‑Fi is a Private network. Then steps 3 and 4.
On Linux — install the .deb (Ubuntu, Debian, Mint; arm64 for Raspberry Pi OS) or the .rpm (Fedora, openSUSE): the package grants Wayland's uinput and starts MouseOS with your session. Then steps 3 and 4. No mouse on that computer? Over SSH, mouseos allow --next 2m lets the first phone in (mouseos status | list | forget too).
- No account, no cloud, no tracking. Phone and Mac talk directly over your Wi‑Fi.
- Nobody else takes over your computer. Every new phone needs one ALLOW click on the computer.
- Privacy policy
- macOS won't open it — System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, Open Anyway. Only the first time: MouseOS isn't notarized yet.
- Windows says it protected your PC — More info → Run anyway. Only the first time: MouseOS isn't signed by Microsoft yet.
- The phone doesn't find the computer — same Wi‑Fi, VPN off. Café or hotel Wi‑Fi hides devices from each other: turn on your phone's hotspot and join it from the computer, or tap TYPE THE ADDRESS on the phone. On Windows, your Wi‑Fi must be a Private network.
- The pointer doesn't move — Mac: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility: switch MouseOS on. Linux on Wayland: open MouseOS and click ALLOW CONTROL.
- Anything else — support@mouseos.app.
This repository hosts the MouseOS website (mouseos.app) and the releases for Mac, Windows and Linux.