# Apache Guacamole

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/apache-guacamole/

5 people recommended Apache Guacamole in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free, self-hosted gateway for remote desktop access in a browser, with no client install needed. Critics note Java and Tomcat setup is painful and it has had serious vulnerabilities.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Browser access without client install (2 comments in the sample): "When it’s in a browser you don’t need to install anything on the local machine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47901452)) "RDP with a html client (guacamole) seams like a good match" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46370444))

## Other game streaming software people recommend

- [Moonlight](https://hackerapproved.com/p/moonlight/): 56 recommend, 8 mixed, 9 criticize
- [Sunshine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sunshine/): 49 recommend, 6 mixed, 16 criticize
- [RustDesk](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rustdesk/): 24 recommend, 3 mixed, 19 criticize
- [Sunshine and Moonlight](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sunshine-and-moonlight/): 15 recommend, 3 mixed, 5 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Apache Guacamole", https://hackerapproved.com/p/apache-guacamole/ (5 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.