Settings (app)
Notifications, two-factor sign-in, biometric unlock, server, this computer’s access setting, theme, default quality and control mode, address book export/import.
On this page
What’s in Settings
Control
What it does
Notification center
“Server status updates & announcements” and every notification setting (below).
Security
Two-factor sign-in (shows your current method; managing it is done on the website — Open Settings on the website), Saved connections (save remote desktops and SSH connections on your account, and One password for all my remote desktops — see Saved connections), Change password, and Unlock with Face ID / fingerprint (“Require biometrics to open the app”, Android & iOS, Solo and up).
Connection
The server tile — see Choosing a server.
This computer
Desktop only: Ask me before someone connects.
Appearance
Theme: Light, Dark or System.
Remote experience
Default quality profile (Auto, Eco, Balanced, Performance, Ultra-low); Keyboard layout mode — Legacy (legacy scancodes), Map (map keys 1:1), Translate (translate to remote layout); Default control mode; Show support widgets.
Export address book / Import address book
Save your saved devices as an encrypted bundle (Protect the export with a passphrase of at least 8 characters) and restore them elsewhere (Unlock the address book).
About
App Version.
Sign out
Signs you out of the app.
Notification settings
Control
What it does
Show OS notifications
Master switch for pop-up alerts outside the app.
Remote session alerts
When a remote desktop disconnects or reconnects.
Device online/offline
When one of your devices drops off or comes back.
Active connection warning
When you leave the app with live remote sessions.
Server status updates · Announcements
Incidents and recovery; product news and admin broadcasts.
Session Monitor
Categories Connection & device, Terminal & automation, Browser activity, Processes & training and On this computer, with an Idle timeout in minutes. Items marked “Required by your administrator” or “Enabled by your administrator” are set by your workspace.
Related help
The app’s sign-in screen
Sign in, choose the Silux Connect server or your own, connect to someone by ID + code, and share this computer’s ID and access code — including the “Ask me before someone connects” switch.
Address books, favourites and your saved devices
Organise computers into shared books with read/write/full access, keep favourites in sync, and export or import your address book.
Session Monitor alerts
Get told when Claude Code, Codex or any AI agent stops working, a long job finishes, or a terminal waits for input — on your phone or computer, whether or not you’re watching.