Virtual Display Tray
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Virtual Display: ON

Your GPU thinks
it has a monitor.

One click in the tray gives your headless GPU a virtual display — no dongle, no dashboard, no reboot.

Download for Windows Why it matters
Windows system tray with the Virtual Display Tray icon shown as a green dot, tooltip reading 'Virtual Display: ON (click to disable)'.
This isn't a mockup — it's the actual tray icon.
The problem

No monitor, no mercy

NVIDIA drivers quietly cripple themselves when nothing's plugged in — capped clocks, disabled acceleration, missing outputs.

Headless server

GPU detects nothing attached and downgrades itself before your workload even starts.

Dummy plug

A part you have to buy, ship, and lose behind the rack — with a resolution fixed forever.

Virtual Display Tray

One click. Any resolution. Nothing to plug in, nothing to lose.

Built for the box nobody visits

Small tool, does one thing

One-click toggle

Add or remove a display from the tray. That's the whole interface.

Any resolution

Up to 4K, any refresh rate — set once, not baked into hardware.

Multiple displays

Stack virtual monitors for multi-output render or capture setups.

Survives reboots

Comes back automatically. No re-setup after a restart.

Lives in the tray

No dashboard to keep open, no service to babysit.

Nothing to plug in

Software from the first click — no dongle, ever.

Free for personal use

Give your GPU something to see.

Windows 10/11 · under 15 MB · no reboot to install

Download for Windows — v1.0
C:\>vdt --add-display --resolution 3840x2160 --refresh 60