Co/Pad

Turn your iPad into a control deck for your Mac — Claude Code, Codex, Chrome, Mail, Music and more. Tap keys, turn the dial, speak, switch profiles per app.

Co/Pad turns your iPad into a physical control surface for your Mac — like a Stream Deck, built for people who live in the keyboard.

Tap a key on the iPad and it types straight into whatever you're driving on the Mac: a Claude Code or Codex session, Chrome, Mail, Apple Music, Lightroom, or any app. No mouse, no reaching for the Mac keyboard.

WHAT YOU GET

• Programmable macro grid — slash-commands, keyboard shortcuts (⌘T, ⌘W, ⌘L…), and text, all one tap away.

• Per-app profiles — the grid changes with the app you're pointing at: Claude Code commands for a terminal, browser actions for Chrome, playback for Music, culling keys for Lightroom.

• Multi-session targeting — drive several terminals / windows and switch between them from a row of chips.

• A tactile dial — scroll history, scrub between emails or photos, or adjust volume; a second mode cycles targets.

• Voice — dictate straight into your session on-device; long-press to have replies read back.

• Apple Pencil Pro — squeeze to talk, double-tap to switch modes, hover to highlight.

• Feels physical — haptics, sound and a clean instrument design.

HOW IT WORKS

Co/Pad talks to a small free companion, Co/Pad Server, running on your Mac. Put both devices on the same Wi-Fi, tap your Mac in the list (zero-config discovery), and start tapping. Everything stays on your local network.

REQUIREMENTS

• A Mac (macOS 13+) running the free, open-source Co/Pad Server.

• Both devices on the same Wi-Fi.

Get the Mac server: github.com/theodorebeaupre-prog/copad-server

Co/Pad collects no data. Dictation is processed on-device. Your keystrokes go only to your own Mac.