{"id":49166,"date":"2025-06-22T17:05:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T17:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=49166"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:40:09","slug":"mirror-iphone-ipad-screen-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/mirror-iphone-ipad-screen-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Mirror iPhone\/iPad Screen on Ubuntu Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a step by step guide shows how to mirror your iOS or iPadOS screen onto Ubuntu computer desktop through Apple AirPlay.<\/b><\/p>\n

AirPlay is a protocol allowing to stream or share content from Apple Devices to Apple TV. Thanks to free open-source software (FOSS), it’s also easy to setup AirPlay server on Windows and Linux PC to receive content from Apple devices.<\/p>\n

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my iPhone screen on Ubuntu 24.04 desktop<\/p><\/div>\n

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There’s a popular Scrcpy tool to mirror & control Android screen<\/a> on Ubuntu Desktop.<\/p>\n

For iOS, there’s a similar tool UxPlay<\/b> can do the job mirroring iOS screen and forwarding sound, but without ability to control<\/b> from computer.<\/p>\n

Install UxPlay<\/h3>\n

UxPlay is available in all current Ubuntu and most other Linux system repositories.<\/p>\n

To install it in Ubuntu, press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install uxplay<\/pre>\n
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The package in Ubuntu repository is always a bit outdated. For the latest version, you may follow the guide in Github project page<\/a> to build from the source tarball.<\/p>\n
Start UxPlay and Mirror Your iOS Screen<\/h3>\n
After installed the application, just start it by running the command below in terminal:<\/p>\n
uxplay<\/pre>\n
The app has many CLI options, including:<\/p>\n