Chrome Remote Desktop is a remote desktop service developed by Google. It allows users to securely access their home or work computers from phones, tablets, or other computers when away from the device, and to share screens for real-time collaboration or remote support. The service is built on Google's infrastructure and uses open web technologies including WebRTC.
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Remote Desktop Connection is a Windows system utility for cleanup, diagnostics, tweaks, processes, or administration.
Mouse Without Borders is a Microsoft Garage project that enables users to control up to four computers using a single mouse and keyboard. It also supports copying text and dragging and dropping files across the connected computers.
Moonlight Stream is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
Aspia is a free open source application for real-time desktop remote control and file transfer. It supports NAT traversal, system information, audio and chat, and users can create their own NAT traversal infrastructure using Router and Relay servers with connection by ID or use direct connections. All transmitted data is encrypted.
CoScreen is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
HopToDesk is free and secure remote desktop software for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, and Raspberry Pi, used for remote support, control, monitoring, screen share, file transfer, and live chat. It is free for personal and business use, with open source code and end-to-end encrypted traffic. A separate dashboard adds device management, ticketing, and white-label clients on paid plans.
Input Director is software that lets one keyboard and mouse control multiple Windows systems on the same network. Control switches between computers by hotkey or by moving the cursor to a screen edge, and a shared clipboard allows copying and pasting between computers. It supports multi-monitor layouts, Windows fast user switching, and version 2.4 is available.
Kasm Workspaces is a platform that streams applications, desktops and web resources to a web browser. It covers remote browser isolation, Desktop as a Service and OSINT workloads. Editions include Community, Starter and Enterprise.
Parsec is a remote desktop tool for connecting to work, games, or projects from any screen. It lists a 4k experience at up to 60 frames per second with near-zero latency, peer-to-peer connections, and session sharing for collaboration. It supports keyboard mapping and gamepad support, and runs on PC, Mac, tablet, laptop, or phone. Teams and Enterprise plans add provisioning via admin panel or SSO.
Remotly is remote desktop software for connecting to computers, with encoding, encryption and access control features. The site lists Pro, Admin, Support and Ultra-High Quality plans alongside a free option, with prices per user per month.
RustDesk is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
Screensy is a peer-to-peer screen sharing tool that runs in a web browser. It requires browser support for screensharing, WebSocket, WebRTC and MediaStream, and it connects users over a WebSocket connection. Access to the screen must be granted for sharing to work.
TigerVNC is a platform-neutral implementation of VNC, a client/server application for launching and interacting with graphical applications on remote machines. It provides performance intended for 3D and video applications and extensions for advanced authentication methods and TLS encryption. Binaries are offered for Linux, Windows and Macs, and it is included in several distributions.
TightVNC is a free and open source remote desktop software that lets users access and control a computer over the network, interacting with the remote screen to open files and launch applications. Documentation covers the Windows version, an MSI installation guide, server command-line options, and a Java Viewer.
Bananas is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
DWS is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
Moonlight is an open source game streaming client and implementation of NVIDIA's GameStream protocol that allows users to play PC games remotely on supported devices. It offers streaming at up to 4K with HDR support and up to 120 FPS, and can run on a self-hosted gaming server.
Screego is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
A browser-based screen sharing tool. Users create a room and share its code so others can view their screen without downloads or sign-ups. Joiners enter a room code to view a shared screen. Screen sharing is not supported on mobile devices, though mobile users can still join a room to view screens shared by others.
noVNC is an open-source VNC browser client, distributed as a JavaScript library and an application built on it. It runs in modern browsers, including mobile browsers on iOS and Android, and uses HTML5 WebSockets and Canvas. It requires a browser with support for modern features and does not work in Internet Explorer. The license is MPL-2.0.
Parsecteam is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. It offers low-latency cloud gaming server capabilities with hardware encoding on AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs, and software encoding is also available. A web UI allows configuration and client pairing from a browser, the local server, or a mobile device.
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Aspia
Features
- real-time desktop remote control and file transfer Source: aspia.org
HopToDesk
Features
- Free for both personal and commercial use, without limits Source: www.hoptodesk.com
InputDirector
Features
- control of multiple Windows systems using one keyboard/mouse Source: inputdirector.com
Kasm
Features
- zero-trust remote browser isolation, Desktop as a Service (DaaS), and OSINT workloads Source: kasm.com