# pippin: a Linux client for macOS high-performance Screen Sharing

> pippin implements a native Linux client for macOS high-performance Screen Sharing using documented protocol reverse-engineering work from iShareScreen. Its Rust code handles the connection, media transport and HEVC display, with clipboard support and byte-level tests against reference wire vectors.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/jonesy827/pippin>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jonesy827/pippin/blob/30abe52cad83db2d6c216c587e8517844cf65486/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pippin-screen-sharing-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pippin-screen-sharing-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pippin-screen-sharing-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An Apple Silicon Mac running macOS Sonoma 14 or newer, and a Linux client with X11 or Wayland and a supported GPU.
- **Prerequisites:** IPv4 network access with UDP ports 5900 and 5901 open.
- **Limits:** Clipboard transfers cover text and images; one active session per client machine.
- **License:** AGPL-3.0 licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jonesy827/pippin/blob/30abe52cad83db2d6c216c587e8517844cf65486/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/jonesy827/pippin/blob/30abe52cad83db2d6c216c587e8517844cf65486/LICENSE>

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