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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install --cask parsec
About Parsec
Parsec streams the screen of a remote computer and passes your keyboard, mouse and controller input back to it. It is designed for low latency and sharp image quality, with streaming at up to 4K and 60 frames per second, so it suits gaming, creative work and reading code or text on a remote machine.
Besides personal use, Parsec offers team options with an API for managing access. You install the app on both the host computer and the device you connect from.
Strengths
- Low-latency streaming at up to 4K and 60 fps
- Clear text and colour when viewing remote screens
- Works for gaming as well as work
- Team management with an API
Limitations
- Proprietary software
- Needs a fast, stable network connection for best results
- Advanced features sit in paid plans
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree for personal use, with paid plans for extra features and teams.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Parsec
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Gamers and creative professionals who need a responsive remote desktop
- Categories
- Remote desktop, Gaming tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Parsec
Compare allSoftware that can replace Parsec for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
AnyDesk
Fast remote desktop tool with low latency and simple session codes.
AnyDesk is a low-latency remote desktop with simple session codes and clients for Linux and mobile, though commercial use requires a paid licence.
Moonlight
Streams games from a gaming PC to another device on your network, with hardware decoding and a gamepad.
Moonlight is a free GPL-3.0 streaming client with hardware decoding, HDR and gamepad support, but it needs a Sunshine host on the other machine.
Sunshine
The open source host that replaced NVIDIA GameStream, so Moonlight can stream from any PC.
Sunshine is a free open-source stream host for Windows, macOS and Linux that works with AMD, Intel and NVIDIA encoders, paired with a Moonlight client.
NoMachine
High-performance remote desktop with audio, video and file transfer.
NoMachine is a paid closed-source remote desktop with smooth audio and video, adding Linux and mobile clients, printing and file transfer.
TeamViewer
Remote access and remote support across desktop and mobile platforms.
TeamViewer covers desktop and mobile platforms and connects through firewalls without configuration, but it is aimed at remote support rather than low-latency gaming.
Apollo
A Sunshine fork for self-hosted game and desktop streaming at the client device's native resolution.
Apollo is a GPL-3.0 Sunshine fork for Windows that streams at the client's native resolution with virtual display support, and needs a compatible client app.
Splashtop
Commercial remote access and remote support software for controlling computers from other devices.
Splashtop is a paid commercial remote access service for Windows and macOS, with attended and unattended support and no free plan beyond the trial.
RustDesk
An open-source remote desktop tool you can point at your own relay server instead of somebody else’s cloud.
RustDesk is open source and lets you run your own relay server, with clients for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
Parsec as an alternative
Listings that name Parsec as an alternative.
GeForce NOW
NVIDIA's cloud gaming service that streams your existing game library to weaker hardware.
Parsec streams from your own gaming computer with low latency up to 4K and 60 fps, so you need your own powerful host instead of NVIDIA's servers.
ToDesk
Remote desktop software for remote control, file transfer, gaming and support across desktop and mobile.
Parsec focuses on low-latency streaming up to 4K and 60 fps for gaming and creative work, but runs only on Windows and macOS with advanced features paid.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Looking Glass
A low-latency viewer that shows a GPU-passthrough Windows virtual machine inside a Linux window.
Selkies
Open-source WebRTC platform for streaming a Linux desktop to a web browser with low latency.
