My company wants a solution for remote access, something like VNC. I'd like to support open source development, so any suggestions for something paid that can work without a centralized server?
KasmVNC?
Open Source Paid Remote Desktop
Submitted 9 months ago by teppa@piefed.ca to selfhosted@lemmy.world
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
irmadlad@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I am not going to go as far as to say ‘VNC is dead’, it does have use cases. I selfhost two apps that use the KasmVNC, and while that’s cool and all, and it gets the job done, I’d have to say it’s rather clunky. This all could be because I’m dense and using it wrong, but say I fire up an app that uses KasmVNC. To log in, I have to copy the password to the PC clipboard, paste it into the KasmVNC clipboard, and then right click in the app password dialogue box and paste it from KasmVNC clipboard. I can’t just copy the password to the PC clipboard and paste it into the app I’m trying to run with KasmVNC. Because of this, it doesn’t recognize Bitwarden inputs either. Other than that, VNC does work, but boy I’d try to avoid it in a corporate setting.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 9 months ago
VNC is dead. I’d try to talk them off that if it’s a requirement.
drspod@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
tal@lemmy.today 9 months ago
VNC is dead.
How so?
There are a number software packages in Debian that implement VNC. To grab one random example, the last commit to their git repo was last month.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 9 months ago
VNC has long been abandoned by the engineering world. It’s inefficient, it has no transport security, and the implementations are very subjective.
CameronDev@programming.dev 9 months ago
RustDesk (rustdesk.com) is open source, and similar to TeamViewer, and has paid plans, including a paid self hosted option.
HelloRoot@lemy.lol 9 months ago
It does need a server though. Either the centralized official one you can selfhost one.
CameronDev@programming.dev 9 months ago
Actually, (and I wasn’t aware of this until you mentioned it), it does support serverless connections:
github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/wiki/FAQ#i-only-use-…
So I think between cloud server, self hosted server and direct IP, OP should be covered.
fungos@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
xfreerdp3 (client) and krdp6 (KDE plasma 6 remote desktop server) Then donate recurring to KDE development.
tal@lemmy.today 9 months ago
If OP is specifically wanting commercial support, they do mention two companies that provide services.
FreeRDP itself is a community driven open source project. However there are some people and companies that do offer all sorts of commercial support around FreeRDP:
- David Fort - Hardening Consulting - Contact
- Thincast Technologies GmbH - Contact
FreeRDP doesn’t seem to be soliciting donations, though.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I don’t have a recommendation for you, but if you exhaust your leads there is a large comparrison table with all kinds (and ages) of remote access solutions that you could search against for your criteria (open source, supported, etc) here:
Comparison of remote desktop software on wikipedia