A new remote desktop for macOS
Noctiluca is a remote desktop server/client for macOS, built on Sirius — our custom protocol over QUIC. ⚡ HW-accelerated H.265/H.264 via VideoToolbox 🖥️ Multi-display with detachable windows 🔑 SSH key authentication 🌐 Free cross-platform clients (macOS, iOS, Windows, Linux) 🎨 Experimental HDR streaming Sirius protocol spec is open source. Client reference library (libsirius) coming this summer. https://github.com/team-unstablers/SiriusProtocol
Noctiluca Server supports clipboard sync for text and non-text data (images, spreadsheets, HTML), file transfers via clipboard, and a dedicated transfer channel with block-based transmission and CRC32 checksums for data integrity verification.
Noctiluca is fully open source under GPLv3 with a publicly available Sirius protocol specification. The multi-channel architecture and transport-agnostic design enable developers to build alternative remote desktop clients and servers compatible with the Sirius protocol.
Noctiluca Server enables remote desktop access to macOS machines using the proprietary Sirius protocol with QUIC transport, hardware-accelerated encoding, and adaptive quality optimization. Users can project their screen to macOS, iOS, and in-development Windows/Linux clients with multi-display support and smooth performance.
Noctiluca Server provides TLS 1.3 encryption for all remote sessions with perfect forward secrecy, plus a 'known-hosts' system that verifies server certificates on first connection to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks without requiring certificate authority infrastructure.
Noctiluca Server includes a plugin bundle system with signature verification that allows developers to create custom authentication methods, keyboard hacks, and extensions via NoctilucaPluginKit protocols, enabling power users to tailor the solution to specific workflows.