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Choose a guide to start sharing, use room tools or solve a problem.

Start using Silip

• Watch a friend
  Open an invitation in a computer or phone browser. No installation needed.
• Share my screen
  Download and run Silip App, choose a picture and send an invitation.
• Use my group's Silip site
  Share in your browser, or connect App for more features.

Use the room tools

• Sharing and playback: picture quality, cameras, source sound and viewing controls.
• Chat, voice and remote control: reactions, conversations and letting a friend take control.
• Remote control and playing together: permissions, shared keyboard/mouse and gamepads.
• App reference: saved modes, site access, command-line options and diagnostics.

Get help

• App, sharing or sound problems: start with the symptom index.
• Campus networks, media connections or virtual LANs: use network checks to choose a connection option.

Still stuck? Report a problem with your version, system, browser and reproduction steps. Follow the reporting steps to collect diagnostics.

Run a site for your group

For a permanent group site, deploy Silip Server on a reachable address with HTTPS and the required network ports.

• Deploy Silip Server with Docker Compose or the server package.
• Keep it running and update.
• Look up configuration settings.

Help improve Silip

Translate Silip, contribute, or explore the developer and maintainer documentation.