Weylus is a remote input tool that turns your tablet or smartphone into a graphics tablet and touch screen for your computer.
The tool solves the problem of needing dedicated graphics hardware by repurposing existing tablets as input devices. It works by running a webserver on your computer that streams the screen to your tablet's browser and receives input events back over a websocket connection. The tablet connects via HTTP to a configurable port on the computer, and input from stylus, touch, and keyboard is transmitted back to control the desktop.
Weylus suits anyone with a tablet who wants to use it for digital drawing or as an extended input device without purchasing specialized hardware. The tool works across Linux, macOS, and Windows, but Linux users gain the most functionality including stylus pressure and tilt support, multi-touch gestures, window-specific capturing, and the ability to use the tablet as a second screen. The project emphasizes hardware-accelerated video encoding to minimize latency. Linux users must enable uinput to access pressure sensitivity and multi-touch features. The tool requires only a modern browser on the tablet side, with Firefox 80 or later on Android and iOS/iPadOS 13 or later supported.
Development activity shows consistent maintenance with regular updates addressing platform-specific issues and feature refinements. The project maintains active support across multiple operating systems with documented configuration steps for different desktop environments and GPU setups. Contributions appear focused on stability improvements and expanding hardware acceleration support across platforms. The codebase demonstrates attention to performance optimization, particularly around video encoding and input latency reduction.
