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# Features

> A Screen Sharing client written new for iPadOS 26.

Canonical: https://mande.dev/features/  
Source code: https://github.com/joshelson/mande

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## What it does

### Finds your Macs

Bonjour lists every Mac on your network with Screen Sharing on. Tap one to save it. Over a VPN, add one Mac by its address and Mande finds the rest.

### Touch and trackpad

Tap to click. Or use the whole screen as a trackpad: drag to move, tap to click, two fingers to scroll or right-click.

### Keyboard

A hardware keyboard just works. The on-screen keyboard puts every Mac key one tap away, including ⌘, ⌃ and esc.

### Menu bar, Shortcuts, Spotlight

A Session menu and New Mac in the iPad menu bar. Open a saved Mac from Spotlight, Shortcuts or Siri.

### Liquid Glass

Panels and controls use the system's own Liquid Glass. Mande is written for iPadOS 26, so every screen is made once, for now.

### Fits your connection

Colour depth and frame rate follow your measured speed, or pin a profile yourself.

### Several sessions

Open more than one Mac at a time, with Stage Manager and external displays.

### Apple sign-in

Mande speaks macOS Screen Sharing's own sign-in, so you connect without changing your Mac's settings.

### SSH tunnel

Carry the whole session inside SSH, with a gateway key pinned on first use and your iPad's key kept in the Secure Enclave.

### Keychain

Passwords stay in the iPad's Keychain, optionally behind Face ID or Touch ID.

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## What you need

- An iPad with iPadOS 26 or later. iPhone is planned.
- A Mac with Screen Sharing on: System Settings, General, Sharing, Screen Sharing.
- For Mande Companion, a Mac with macOS 26.

