Rumskrot Remote Release Notes

Version 1.0.4 August 20, 2026

Touch accuracy, fixed — taps land where you put them.

Tap ripples and the cursor indicator no longer land offset from where you actually tapped — most visible with the keyboard up and the view zoomed in.
The keyboard toggle stays in the toolbar instead of occasionally slipping into the overflow menu during multi-monitor sessions.

Multi-monitor wake-up fix, a collapsible host list, and VNC link handling.

Fold the auto-discovered Macs list to keep your saved hosts front-and-centre.
The hidden-count badge stays visible at a glance, and the collapsed state survives relaunches.

Tap a vnc:// link anywhere on iOS to launch straight into a connection.
The bespoke rumskrot-vnc:// scheme lets you create links that always open in Rumskrot Remote, even on devices with another VNC client installed.

If a secondary display was asleep at connect time and joined later, Monitor 2 now appears in the toolbar automatically and the framebuffer refreshes in full — no more round-tripping through Monitor 2 just to see the bottom of the screen update.

SSH tunnels, host reordering, and a brand-glass refresh.

Reach Macs only available over SSH by tunnelling the VNC connection through an SSH bastion.
Trust on first use: the first connect verifies the server's host-key fingerprint; later connections refuse to send credentials if the host's identity ever changes.
Per-host Forget button clears a pinned key when you reinstall a server.
Faster SSH feedback — wrong passwords surface in a fraction of a second instead of waiting for the channel to time out.

Refreshed visual style across every screen — cohesive brand-glass surfaces with a stable gradient backdrop.

Pointer no longer sticks in a dead zone on a second display when the framebuffer renders late.
Cursor no longer slips behind the keyboard accessory bar at letterbox/pillarbox zoom transitions.

A proper iOS keyboard for your Mac, plus one-tap sign-in.

Arrow keys, F1–F12, Tab, Esc, Page Up/Down, Home/End, Forward Delete, plus Mission Control and App Exposé — all directly above the iOS keyboard.
Sticky modifier keys (⌘ ⌃ ⌥ ⇧) — tap to arm, sent with your next keystroke.
Reorder or remove keys on the bar to fit your workflow.
Bar auto-hides when a hardware keyboard is connected.

Opt in per host to type your macOS password right after connecting and sign in with one tap.
Reuses your saved login password by default; the unlock password is stored separately in your device's Keychain.
Re-prompts after a reconnect, and waits for the first framebuffer update before showing the prompt.

Initial release.

The first public release of Rumskrot Remote. Turn your iPhone or iPad into a full remote desktop for your Mac — with zero setup on the host side.

Zero install on your Mac — speaks the same VNC/RFB protocol macOS Screen Sharing uses natively.
Bonjour discovery — nearby Macs appear automatically, tap to connect.
Metal-accelerated framebuffer with all major VNC encodings (Tight, ZRLE, Hextile, Raw, RRE, CopyRect). Targets 30+ FPS on a local network.
Touch controls: drag to move the cursor, tap to click, two-finger tap to right-click, two-finger drag to scroll, pinch to zoom and pan.
Full software keyboard with Command, Control, Option, and Shift modifier keys.
Multi-monitor support — pick which display to view.
Text snippets to paste common commands or boilerplate with a single tap.
Authentication: macOS login credentials, VNC passwords, and Apple Remote Desktop. Credentials stored in the Keychain.
Performance options: custom VNC port, 16-bit performance mode, real-time diagnostics overlay (FPS, latency, bandwidth), configurable pointer speed, clipboard sync, auto-reconnect with exponential backoff.
No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Direct peer-to-peer connections only.