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7/22/2026
I turned my phone into a remote deck for my Windows laptop — no cloud, no accounts, one npm start

I turned my phone into a remote deck for my Windows laptop — no cloud, no accounts, one npm start

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The author built LapDeck, an open-source Node.js app that turns a phone into a remote keyboard/mouse/screen viewer for Windows laptops over local Wi-Fi. It uses a PWA + WebSocket + MJPEG architecture with no cloud, no accounts, and no build step. Security is handled via a 256-bit token embedded in a QR code, with optional Tailscale integration for remote access.

  • LapDeck: open-source PWA + Node.js agent for phone-to-laptop remote control over Wi-Fi
  • No cloud, no accounts, no build step — clone, npm install, npm start
  • Security via 256-bit QR token; optional Tailscale for remote access

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