Spantop: Laptop Display Extender
Turn any Mac/Android Tablet into a real extended monitor
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Aditya Dewaskar

Spantop: Laptop Display Extender - Turn any Mac/Android Tablet into a real extended monitor

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Spantop: Laptop Display Extender
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Hey 👋 Spantop turns any spare Mac or Android tablet into a wired/wireless extended for your Mac. Use a second Mac or Android tablet as a HiDPI monitor over Wi-Fi, Thunderbolt, or USB-C. Powered by LZ4 for near-zero-latency streaming, with your screen staying local. Sidecar only works with iPads. Spantop works with Macs and Android tablets too. Free forever. Feedback welcome!

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Aditya Dewaskar
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Hey Product Hunt 👋

I built Spantop because I often wanted a second monitor without carrying one around.

Spantop lets you turn another computer or device into a real second monitor for your Mac over Thunderbolt or WiFi. It is made for people who travel, work from cafés, use multiple screens, or just want more space without buying extra hardware.

The goal was simple: open the app, connect another screen, and extend your Mac workspace.


App Link: Spantop Android

Mac App Store Link: App Store

How to use Spantop on Mac Demo Link: Demo

Would love your feedback — especially from Mac users who use multi-monitor setups, travel often, or work across multiple devices.

Petr Samokhin
@aditya_dewaskar congrats with the launch! What features are free and what require a paid update? It would be nice to see the app in action somehow, maybe even captured from your POV using an iPhone, I think that might boost interest/conversion for you. Good luck!
Aditya Dewaskar
Maker

@petersamokhin We have it for free forever.

Alimkhan Yergebayev

nice! does it work with windows? I mainly use mac for work, but still sometimes switch to windows for creative work, and connecting mac as a second monitor was always difficult with third party software.

Aditya Dewaskar
Maker

@alimkhan_y We are on the way to release our windows version too, Glad to see your interest into it.

Prafull Sharma
Can I use this with my phone then basically
Aditya Dewaskar
Maker

@prafull_sharma2 You can use another Mac, Android Tablet only, Window, Ipad will be coming in future.

Aditya Dewaskar
Maker

Hey Product Hunt 👋

Quick update from Spantop — since the launch 2 days ago, we’ve also released the Android receiver app.

So now Spantop is not just for using another Mac as an extended display.

App Link: Spantop Android

Mac App Store Link: App Store

How to use Spantop on Mac Demo Link: Demo

You can also turn an Android tablet into a real second screen for your Mac — over WiFi, USB(coming soon).

If you have an old Android tablet lying around, this is exactly the use case we built it for: open Spantop, connect, and get extra screen space without buying another monitor.

Would love feedback from anyone who uses Android tablets, travels with a Mac, or wants a lightweight second-screen setup.

Aditya Kumar Jha

@aditya_dewaskar Can you also enable it for android tablet or ipad? may be with this those devices will be useful to me again 🙏

Aditya Dewaskar
Maker
@adijha absolutely we will be launching windows, ipad os apps in coming weeks
Rémy Amand

@aditya_dewaskar,
Good app, I've tried it on my iMac and my MacBook Pro. But I can't install it on my Android tablet because I'm in Belgium and on my American account I can’t too because the developer has locked the app for people under 18 . (My account has 24 years).

Justyn Gomez
Sounds perfect for refurbishing older iMacs!
Aditya Dewaskar
Maker

@nopantsgomez Yes it sure is, Also for Windows, Ipad are on its way!