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TLDR

Screego is a self-hosted screen sharing tool built for developers who need crisp, low-latency code sharing, avoiding the blur and lag of general video conferencing tools like Teams.

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    What it does
      Screen sharing only
      High quality video
      Low latency code view
    Technology
      Go binary
      WebRTC
      Built-in TURN server
    Deployment
      Single binary
      Docker
      Self-hosted VPS
    Audience
      Remote dev teams
      Pair programmers
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Host your own screen sharing server so your remote team can share code with no quality loss during pair programming.

USE CASE 2

Run Screego with Docker on your own VPS for private, firewall-friendly screen sharing with no third-party infrastructure.

USE CASE 3

Run multiple people sharing their screens in the same session for collaborative code review.

Tech stack

GoWebRTCDocker

Getting it running

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires a server or VPS with Docker installed and open ports for WebRTC traffic, no external dependencies needed.

In plain English

Screego is a screen sharing tool built specifically for developers who need to show code to other people over the internet. The author created it after frustrating experiences with corporate chat tools like Microsoft Teams, where screen sharing either lagged badly or showed code at such low resolution that colleagues could not read it. Screego solves that by providing high-quality, low-latency screen sharing without any of the extras you get in full video conferencing software. The tool is intentionally minimal. It does one thing: share your screen. There is no chat, no video calls, no file transfers. Multiple people can share their screens in the same session, which the project calls multi-user screenshare. The underlying technology is WebRTC, which browsers already support for peer-to-peer media connections, and Screego includes its own TURN server to handle situations where direct peer-to-peer connections are blocked by firewalls or routers. Installing Screego is straightforward. You can run it as a single binary file, or you can use Docker, which packages the software and its dependencies so it runs the same way on any machine. Because you host it yourself on your own server, your screen data never passes through a third-party company's infrastructure, which the project highlights as a privacy benefit. This project is aimed at developers and teams who already have some way to talk to each other (voice call, chat) but need a dedicated, reliable way to share a code editor or terminal without the quality problems that plague general-purpose video conferencing tools. It is not a standalone meeting platform and is not designed to replace tools that handle audio or messaging.

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Prompt 1
How do I deploy Screego on my own server using Docker so my team can share screens without using Microsoft Teams?
Prompt 2
Show me a Docker Compose file for running Screego with its built-in TURN server behind a corporate firewall.
Prompt 3
What environment variables do I need to configure Screego for multi-user screen sharing on a VPS?
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