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Piik
Share the good stuff.
Private screen sharing for you and up to 20 friends.
Website · Download · Gitee mirror · Try the demo · Documentation
English · 简体中文
Piik is a free, open-source screen sharing tool for games, movie nights, drawings and photos. Choose what to share and send an invitation. Your friends watch in their browsers.
A little room · Show / hide animation
Features · Get started · Self-hosting · Contributing
Features
- Watch without installing. Friends join by invitation in a desktop or mobile browser.
- Share from Piik App or an existing Piik site. Capture a screen, window or browser tab; available sources and audio depend on the platform.
- Direct connections first. Media travels between participants where possible (P2P). A self-hosted server can provide automatic media forwarding (SFU) as a fallback.
- Rooms you control. Invitations, room codes and optional room passwords, for one host and up to 20 viewers.
- Flexible viewing. Light and dark themes, playback controls, picture-in-picture and a connection topology view.
- One program to host a site. Web UI, room management and optional media forwarding are packaged together.
Interface preview · Sample room with a generated game scene
Get started
To watch: open the invitation your friend sends you. Select Play if the picture does not start automatically.
To share:
| Start here | What you need to do |
|---|---|
| Try the online demo | Open it in a desktop browser and start sharing. |
| Download Piik App | Extract and open the App, choose Public invite, then Open Piik to create a temporary room. |
| Use an existing Piik site | Open the address your friend or administrator provides. Hosting your own is an advanced option. |
- Select Start sharing, then choose the picture and audio to share.
- Select Copy invite link and send it to your friends. Keep the sharing tab open.
Piik follows your system language: Chinese or English, with English as the fallback. Use 中 / EN / ✦ in the header to switch language or try the visual mode. The App offers a local room, a temporary public link, or a connection to your own site. Keep the App running while sharing through it.
Download a ZIP beginning with piik-app. The filename also identifies the platform:
| Filename contains | Platform |
|---|---|
windows-amd64 |
Windows x64 |
darwin-arm64 |
Apple silicon; native capture requires macOS 13+ |
linux-amd64 |
Linux x64 |
Full setup guide → · Open the demo →
Browser capture requires HTTPS or localhost. Windows App and desktop browser
sharing are the primary tested paths. The macOS and Linux apps have not yet been
tested on physical devices; test results and feedback are welcome.
P2P-only modes, including the App's temporary public
link and the demo, may not connect on restrictive networks.
Self-hosting
Piik Server is a standalone binary with the web interface built in. Download the Linux x64 Server package, extract it, and run:
./piik-server
Open http://localhost:8787 to try it locally. For a public site, configure your
domain, HTTPS reverse proxy and STUN address. Room data is stored in SQLite.
Deploy your own site → · Configuration · Run from source
Contributing
Bug reports, translations, documentation improvements and pull requests are welcome. See ways to contribute or help translate Piik. Use the repository layout to find your way around.
License
Piik-owned code is MIT licensed. Dependencies retain their own licenses and notices.