Do you know any cross platform (Linux,windows) similar tool that is as easy and traverse firewall well? I can host a server if needed.
I often use vnc myself but for end user it is way too hard to install.
I often use vnc myself but for end user it is way too hard to install.
"Apache Guacamole is a free and open-source, cross-platform, clientless remote desktop gateway maintained by the Apache Software Foundation. It allows users to control remote computers or virtual machines via a web browser, and allows administrators to dictate how and whether users can connect using an extensible authentication and authorization system."
It has a bunch of weird code smells that make me a bit hesitant to use it for supporting family members, but it seems to work well from what I read from others?
I use Teamviewer quite regularly, but that has some issues with Wayland. Free for personal use, but closed source with no self-hosting capabilities.
RustDesk works really well and is fast. I switched from TeamViewer because they wanted money. I switched from AnyDesk because it gave me more problems with disconnecting, has the worst UI of the three and sometimes my screen would be a minute or more behind what the host was seeing.
Can I ask why you mentioned this? It stands out.
For a while it used `sed` to disable Wayland on Linux in a way that only applies to Gnome (specifically on Ubuntu and a few other distros). The code also has a bunch of other exec()s with several commands piped into each other to parse the output.
None of it seems ill-intended, but it's code I would straight reject if I would be tasked to review it.
Not free, but I was using Remotix until they got bought out by Acronis who haven't really done much but increase the price and rebrand it (really long name "Acronis Cyber Protect Connect"). It does work on Linux and MacOS but I always found the performance to be lacking and the UI is workable but not great.
If you want a cloud thingy and it's just for personal, chrome remote desktop is decent enough.
If you need this to be highly performant (like accessing a crunchy 3d modeling rig from your ipad, or remote gaming) then Parsec is the best.
I mostly use it for family remote support and things tho, performance isn't amazing but it's plenty good.
Also supports things like relaying over an agent, hardware key authentication, file browsing. It's a little wonky in spots but overall it's such a great piece of software.
Sounds like a shakedown to me.