Been using it for a while, older versions had memory leaks with multiple monitors (or virtual monitors too), nowadays seems better.

Supports various video encoders, various bitrate settings, allows sharing clipboard (though still has an annoying bug where sometimes copying something new into the clipboard doesn't work and only 2nd attempt works) and the relay is also easy to setup and host, in addition to it being free!

Honestly my favorite software in this space since RealVNC decided they want to be greedy (and since VNC / RDP kinda sucks in my experience).

my experience with RustDesk + Tailscale is really good. when i only needed windows remote devices, the Windows Remote Desktop over Tailscale is great. I used RustDesk for access to macOS and Android devices (all over Tailscale) and works great too. No complaints really. Much less hassle to setup than Parsec (latency isn't as good though), and way snappier than AnyDesk through their network. Great tool enabled by Tailscale.

+1 for RustDesk over Tailscale. It works even better than Screens for macOS.

> Is it better than VNC?

It's the year 2026 out there. Anything is better than VNC.