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Free alternatives to RDPea

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  1. RustDesk

    Purslane Ltd. (RustDesk)

    87

    Open-source remote desktop you can self-host

    Open source 90 WindowsLinuxmacOSAndroid
  2. Chrome Remote Desktop Host

    Google LLC

    87

    The easy way to remotely connect with your home or work computer, or share your screen with others.

    Free 77 Windows
  3. Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2022

    Microsoft Corporation

    84

    Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2022 enables app deployment, remote debugging, remote testing, performance profiling, and unit testing on computers that do not have Visual Studio installed.

    Free 77 Windows
  4. Windows Admin Center (v2)

    Microsoft Corporation

    84

    A customer-deployed, browser-based app for managing servers, clusters, hyper-converged infrastructure, and Windows 10/11 PCs. It comes at no additional cost beyond Windows and is ready to use in production.

    Free 77 Windows
  5. Remote Desktop

    Microsoft Corporation

    77

    You can access Windows Virtual Desktop resources on devices with Windows 7, Windows 10, and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise using the Windows Desktop client.

    Free 77 Windows
  6. AnyDesk

    AnyDesk Software GmbH

    72

    Fast remote access to any device

    Free + paid plans 77 WindowsLinuxmacOSAndroid
  7. MobaXterm

    Mobatek

    67

    Enhanced terminal for Windows with X11 server, tabbed SSH client, network tools and much more

    Free 77 Windows
  8. MTPuTTY

    TTYPlus

    67

    Wrap unlimited number of PuTTY applications in one tabbed GUI interface

    Free 77 Windows
  9. NoMachine

    NoMachine S.a.r.l.

    67

    Free remote desktop for everybody. This version contains both the server and the client side parts of the application.

    Free 77 Windows
  10. Omnissa Horizon Client

    Omnissa, LLC

    67

    Connect to your Omnissa Horizon virtual desktop from your device of choice.

    Free 77 Windows
  11. PuTTY CAC

    Simon Tatham

    67

    Windows Secure Shell Client With Support For Smart Cards & Certificates

    Open source 77 Windows
  12. scrcpy

    Genymobile

    67

    Display and control your Android device

    Open source 77 Windows
  13. SonicWall NetExtender

    SonicWall Inc.

    67

    SonicWall NetExtender provides secure remote access for Windows and Linux users.

    Free 77 Windows
  14. XPipe

    XPipe UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

    67

    A brand-new shell connection hub and remote file manager

    Free + paid plans 77 Windows
  15. TightVNC

    GlavSoft LLC.

    67

    Free, Lightweight, Fast and Reliable Remote Control / Remote Desktop Software

    Open source 75 Windows
  16. Veyon

    Veyon Solutions

    67

    Veyon is a free and open source software for monitoring and controlling computers across multiple platforms.

    Open source 75 Windows
  17. Bitvise SSH Client

    Bitvise Limited

    67

    Free SSH file transfer, terminal and tunneling

    Free 70 Windows
  18. UltraViewer

    DucFabulous

    67

    A software that helps you to remote control your client's computer to support them like you're sitting in front of the screen.

    Free 40 Windows
  19. mRemoteNG

    Next Generation Software

    67

    An open source, multi-protocol, tabbed remote connections manager allowing you to view all of your connections in a simple yet powerful interface

    Open source 32 Windows
  20. Terminals

    Robert Chartier

    67

    Multi tab terminal services/remote desktop client.

    Open source 30 Windows
  21. 1PhoneMirror

    MSEndpointMgr

    64

    Wireless screen mirroring for iOS (AirPlay) and Android (scrcpy) on Windows.

    Open source 77 Windows
  22. Apollo

    Yukino Song

    64

    Sunshine fork - The easiest way to stream with the native resolution of your client device.

    Open source 77 Windows
  23. Avash

    Adrien Cros

    64

    Native, fast and secure SSH, RDP and VNC connection manager

    Open source 77 Windows
  24. ClipTyper

    unpaved028

    64

    Types clipboard text as keystrokes where paste is blocked: VM consoles, iLO/iDRAC, KVM-over-IP, RDP and paste-blocked fields.

    Open source 77 Windows
  25. Coder

    Coder Technologies, Inc.

    64

    Remote development environments on your infrastructure provisioned with Terraform

    Open source 77 Windows
  26. Coder Desktop (Core)

    Coder Technologies Inc.

    64

    Coder Desktop application for Windows. Coder enables organizations to set up development environments in their public or private cloud infrastructure.

    Open source 77 Windows
  27. CrossDesk

    CrossDesk

    64

    一款支持 Web 客户端访问的轻量级跨平台远程桌面软件。

    Open source 77 Windows
  28. CTerm

    https://devcpp.gitee.io/cterm/

    64

    Clever Telnet/BBS Terminal CTerm

    Free 77 Windows
  29. Ctrl-V Terminal

    IT-WORX

    64

    Tabbed SSH, SFTP and VNC client for Windows that pastes images straight into a remote terminal

    Free 77 Windows
  30. cv4pve-pepper

    Corsinvest Srl

    64

    Launching SPICE remote-viewer for Proxmox VE

    Open source 77 Windows
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