RustDesk

Open source · OSI-approvedStatus: unknown

Remote desktop you can point at your own relay server

RustDesk is remote desktop software where the relay server is a binary you can run yourself. That is the whole argument: the same convenience as the commercial tools, without your screen sessions transiting a vendor's infrastructure.

It covers the platforms people actually need, including mobile clients, and performance over a self-hosted relay on a decent connection is close to the commercial products.

Decisive facts

Self-hostable relay and rendezvous servers
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS clients
File transfer and clipboard sync alongside screen control
Unattended access with permanent passwords
End to end encryption between peers

Developer Tools Security & Identity rust self-hosted remote-desktop flutter privacy

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