Primary Windows Machine (network display server)


The spacedesk server runs a Windows service and the WDDM Display Driver which is visible to Windows just as an own separate virtual graphics adapter (Windows 10/11) or as additional virtual display monitors on the primary graphics adapter (Windows 8.1). 

These additional virtual displays can mirror the main screen or extend the Windows Desktop. 

spacedesk DRIVER software is capturing their screen content, compressing it and transmitting it over the LAN (Local Area Network) to the spacedesk VIEWERs.


  • Windows 11 / 10 (version 1607 – 23H2) / 8.1
  • Graphics adapter Nvidia / AMD / Intel / Basic Display
  • WDDM 3.1 / 3.0 / 2.7 / 2.6 / 2.5 / 2.4 / 2.3 / 2.2 / 2.1 / 2.0 / 1.3 / 1.2 / 1.1
  • DirectX 12/11/10/9



Secondary Machine or Device (network display client)


Android VIEWER on tablets and phones.

  • Android (> version 4.1)


iOS VIEWER on iPhones, iPads and iPod touch

  • iOS (> version 9.3)


Windows VIEWER on Windows PCs, laptops and Surface.

 Windows 11 / 10 / 8.1 / 7

  • DirectX 10
  • DirectX WARP (Min. 800 MHz CPU / Min. 512MB RAM)


HTML5 VIEWER on any device running operating system with HTML5 Web browsers

  • Chrome (> 16), Safari (> 5.1) Internet Explorer (> 10), Opera (> 27) e.g.:
  • Windows Phones (Windows Phone 10 / 8.1)
  • Windows Surface, tablet, laptop and PC (Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP)
  • Mac (OSX)
  • Linux PC and laptop



Network Connection

Network  needs to run TCP-IP protocol.