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Hi HN! I’m Jason Thomas, one of the founders of CoScreen. As some of you may know, Datadog sunset the CoScreen service on July 31st. Four of us from the original CoScreen team have spent the last couple months building a free and open…

<h2>Open Source<br /> Pair Programming</h2> <p>Low latency, high resolution screensharing and remote control</p> <p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://app.petal.live/api/download">Download for Mac</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://app.petal.live/api/download?platform=windows">Download for Windows</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/kiruna-labs/petal">View source</a></p> <p>free (Linux support coming next)</p> <h3>Real windows</h3> <p>Shared windows appear as windows on your desktop. Movable, resizable, sharp, not tiles in a grid.</p> <h3>Interactive</h3> <p>Labeled user cursors on all shared windows. Instant remote mouse and keyboard input.</p> <h3>Simultaneous</h3> <p>Several users can share their windows at the same time.</p> <h3>Persistent</h3> <p>Create rooms like eng-sync. Click once and you're in — no links to send, nothing to schedule.</p> <h2>Run Petal</h2> <p>Only the video backend changes.</p> <p>quick</p> <h3>Petal Cloud</h3> <p>Download and join your meeting on our LiveKit video infrastructure.</p> <p>Setup Install the desktop app and join. Zero config.</p> <p>You run (nothing)</p> <p>Best for Most teams</p> <p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://petal.live/#download">Download</a></p> <h3>Self-host</h3> <p>The same app, pointed at a LiveKit server you run.</p> <p>Setup One docker-compose, set the server URL.</p> <p>You run The media server — traffic stays yours</p> <p>Best for Compliance &amp; data control</p> <p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/kiruna-labs/petal">Open on GitHub</a></p> <h3>Fork &amp; build</h3> <p>Full control. Change the app, bring your own stack.</p> <p>Setup Fork, build, ship your own.</p> <p>You run Everything</p> <p>Best for Deep customization</p> <p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/kiruna-labs/petal">Open on GitHub</a></p>