Tuple

What it is for

Tuple is a pair-programming / remote screen-share desk: you share a Mac desktop (stacked Finder-style windows on the Sonoma wallpaper), and Engineering teams are $30/user/month. Use it when the job is a pairing call you start at a public $, not when you need Loom’s async bubble only.

Soft-note: $30/user/mo; 14-day free trial; guests / external collaborators free when one paid user hosts; free for significant OSS; startups 90% off year-1 if eligible. Distinct from Loom, RustDesk, and Gitpod.

What makes it unique: the cover is Tuple’s official shared-desktop still (Sonoma-style red / green / blue wallpaper, stacked white Finder-style windows, traffic lights + tab + file-list chrome) from the homepage pairing still — not a wordmark. The front window itself is ops of screen share.

Key features

• Shared desktop — the Finder-style windows on the cover (cover still; sharing). One desk. Cover traffic lights sit here.
• Remote control — mouse / keyboard on the host (docs). Control, not a Teams tile.
• Browser guests — talk, webcam, view the share without installing (pricing; docs). Guests, not a $30 meter.
• Swap who’s sharing — one click (homepage). A swap, not Get Started.
• Screen annotations — draw or type on the shared screen (docs). Markup, not Enterprise.
• App Veil — hide sensitive apps / notifications on the share (homepage). A veil, not SSO.

Start trial / Contact sales are CTAs (not desks). Engineering / custom tiles stay in Pricing. “Plug your calls into your agents” stays off Key features as an AI extra.

Who it's for

Best fit: engineering teams who will use the 14-day trial, then stay on $30/user/month while they share a first desktop — not a custom invoice first unless they need PO / SSO at scale, and not a forever-free seat (there isn’t one except donated OSS licenses).

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from tuple.app/pricing. Soft-note: only one paid user must host; guests are free.

• Trial — 14 days free (pricing “Get started with a 14-day free trial”).
• Engineering teams — $30/user/month. Unlimited pairing sessions. Guests / external collaborators free when one paid user hosts. Browser join: talk, webcam, view; app required to share, remote-control, or draw.
• Startups — 90% off for a year if the company is under two years old and under 50 employees (apply on the pricing page).
• OSS — free licenses if you do significant OSS work (apply).
• Custom / Enterprises — custom contracts, invoice / PO. Do not invent an Enterprise $.
• Refund — most recent monthly payment if you’re unhappy.

Confirm checkout. Platforms: macOS + Windows; Linux alpha; browser guests.

Limitations / costs

• There is no permanent $0 seat except donated OSS licenses. After 14 days you pay $30/user/month (or a startup / OSS grant).
• Browser guests cannot share, remote-control, or draw. Those need the app.
• A pairing call, not Loom’s async bubble. For that recorder see Loom.
• The product is not OSS. github.com/tupleapp publishes the pair-programming guide and Alfred workflows — not the pairing engine. We omit a GitHub CTA rather than invent a product repo.

Alternatives

• Loom — an async bubble when you want Starter free / Business $18/user, not Tuple’s stacked Finder windows.
• RustDesk — a self-hosted Devices desk when you want OSS $0 / Individual $11.88, not a $30 pairing call.
• Gitpod — a cloud session desk when you want Free 3 envs / Core from $20, not remote control of a teammate’s Mac.

Official tutorial

Official Tuple channel (canonical UC2SvcdTaeU8qX1oxKNwIMnw). We searched @tuple-app (200; oEmbed author: Tuple — videos are interviews such as Why faster coding doesn’t mean faster delivery, not a product how-to), @tuple (a different “iam tuple” channel), @tupleapp (404), and @tuplehq (404). We do not embed a podcast interview as a first-party pairing how-to. Use the written Sharing your screen and Joining via a link.

Written path: tuple.app/pricing plus the docs and the pairing still.

Website

https://tuple.app/

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Tuple’s official shared-desktop still (stacked Finder-style windows on the Sonoma wallpaper). Dollars checked on tuple.app/pricing (Engineering $30/user/mo; 14-day trial; guests free when one paid user hosts; OSS free if eligible; startups 90% off year-1). Official YouTube: @tuple-app (interviews, no first-party how-to oEmbed). No invented product GitHub (tupleapp org is the guide / Alfred workflows).

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.