--- title: "I found a MAGICAL GitHub project! (FREE Desktop in Unity!)" url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-found-a-magical-github-project-free-desktop-in-unity--rzfsxk14k source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtbhCoff9Y type: video:youtube source: "Code Monkey" published: 2025-04-14T17:12:23.049Z updated: 2026-03-15T02:31:45.656Z tags: ["automation", "github", "unity"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 66 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I found a MAGICAL GitHub project! (FREE Desktop in Unity!) **[Code Monkey](https://daily.dev/sources/codemonkeyunity)** · 5 min read · 66 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares their discovery of a free GitHub project called 'View Desktop Duplication' which allows real-time desktop screen capture as a Texture2D in Unity. The developer explains how this asset helped them with an automation project, where capturing the desktop image was crucial. The Unity package supports multiple monitors, comes with several samples, and is highly user-friendly, offering features that outshine many paid assets. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#unity](https://daily.dev/tags/unity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-found-a-magical-github-project-free-desktop-in-unity--rzfsxk14k)