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Screens logo Screens

GNU Screen.

VirtualHere logo VirtualHere

Allows USB devices to be used remotely over a network just as if they were locally connected!
  • Screens Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-13
  • VirtualHere Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-10-27

Screens videos

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Screens Review: The Best VNC Client Around

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  • Review - Friday 5: Screens 4 (VNC) brings new features to the Mac
  • Review - Screens 4 for mac OS review

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Screens and VirtualHere)

Screens

VirtualHere

Remote Desktop
49 49%
Remote Desktop
51% 51
Remote Control
25 25%
Remote Control
75% 75
Remote PC Access
100 100%
Remote PC Access
0% 0
Secure File Sharing
0 0%
Secure File Sharing
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, VirtualHere should be more popular than Screens. It has been mentiond 4 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Screens mentions (2)

  • Mac Mini Server Question with MBA linked to it?
    Edovia's Screens https://edovia.com/en/ is a paid app, but it makes the Sharing stuff a little more accessible/easy to setup. I was using this to share between my Macs and my Windows PCs-just one click sharing. But...I can't get it to work with my Mac Mini for some reason, so I went back to Apple's solution. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Software to remotely access and control a Mac even if not in the same network
    Screens by Edovia. You need Screens Connect on the MBP at home. Source: about 3 years ago

VirtualHere mentions (4)

  • Shrine Beta Launch - High-end gaming at an affordable cost
    Still have some things to test like, usb over ip (https://virtualhere.com), and gaming peripherals. Source: about 2 years ago
  • How to convert your existing desktop PC into a headless home cloud gaming server for Deck streaming
    USB server - for connecting basically any USB device to your PC from a distance. I use a Raspberry Pi 3 running VirtualHere but it's available on tons of devices, I've never had latency issues with it even over the powerline network (although I've only used it with an Xbox controller/wireless dongle, keyboard and mouse) and it was extremely useful when I needed it. I can think of some use cases where you might... Source: about 2 years ago
  • App / OS for DIY NAS with USB Drives
    Given you need a USB drive shared to LAN, consider using https://virtualhere.com/ I see the app is available for any desktop OS so there should no be issues exposing the drive from Windows or Linux. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • Is there an actual solution for microphone (and webcam) passthrough?
    I've found some other options like https://virtualhere.com/, but it's not exactly ideal either. Source: about 3 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Screens and VirtualHere, you can also consider the following products

TeamViewer - TeamViewer lets you establish a connection to any PC or server within just a few seconds.

Donglify - Easily share USB dongles anywhere with just a couple of clicks.

Chrome Remote Desktop - The easy way to remotely connect with your home or work computer, or share your screen with others.

FlexiHub - Connect remote USB devices via Internet or LAN

AnyDesk - AnyDesk is the world's most comfortable remote desktop application. Access all your programs, documents and files from anywhere, without having to entrust your data to a cloud service.

USB/IP - USB/IP Project aims to develop a general USB device sharing system over IP network.

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