ATV Desktop Remote

A simple menubar app that allows you to control an Apple TV from your desktop

Installation

If you have homebrew installed brew install atv-remote

macOS and Windows versions can be downloaded from here: https://github.com/bsharper/atv-desktop-remote/releases

Usage

1. Keys are mapped to the keyboard when the application is open (pressing return or enter on the keyboard for select, delete for Menu, etc).
2. Press Option, or Alt on Windows, to see what the characters are mapped to when the application is open.
3. Long press buttons now works to simulate long presses on the remote

Running

1. Run npm install (yarn and pnpm should also work)
2. Run npm start
3. The application runs in the menubar. Look for a tiny remote icon and click on it. Right-click for more options.
4. The first time the app runs it will need to pair with an Apple TV. You can pair with more than one.
5. Press Cmd+Shift+R to open the application from anywhere. On Windows its Win+Shift+R

Building

1. electron-builder is used to create a standalone application.

Notes

This is cobbled together from a few projects I've worked on. It works well enough for me for daily use, so I figured others might like it.

This project is built using pyatv.