RustDesk

“Lets me mostly see the screen while I deal with whatever.”

“And they deleted this discussion too, along with the issue mentioned earlier! Really bad look.”

“That's certainly less than ideal since many remote desktop session will not be using a middle-age server”

“the developers have a sketchy enough reputation already from other incidents”

“It's mixed messaging, it seems like they're trying to hide "won't implement this" behind "this is a bad idea in general"”

“RustDesk already encrypts connections going via Relay. Encryption is missing in direct IP to IP connections only”

“RustDesk connections are fully encrypted even when using a self-hosted server”

“Rustdesk has been a nice alternative/replacement for Anydesk, I use both 10+ times a day.”

“this project makes me feel like they don't want to change which means I don't want to put in the work”

“Direct connections in a local network are not encrypted, and RuskDesk doesn't plan on implementing it”

“Unfortunately, no, it's not working. I use Rustdesk all the time.”

“Rustdesk is amazing. I was using it just 2 days ago and ran into this hiccup”

“Both client and the free server depend on a separate submodule that has no LICENSE file whatsoever.”

“RustDesk is video-stream based (in many formats), while TightVNC is image(-region) based.”

“It's not VNC-based, so the performance is much better.”

“If you self host a relay/coordination server - encryption works as documented.”

“I still think its an essential feature for self-hosting”

“It consumes, on the client, 800%-1200% CPU AND 8%-10% GPU decode on my NVIDIA card.”

“RustDesk is also open source including the server so you can fully self-host.”

“And the fact it's self-hosted is priceless.”

“RustDesk works so much better and easier than vnc and other vendored solutions. No need to open ports, no need for vpn, it just works”

“Rustdesk is considerably more performant than the VNC family, because the latter primarily sends framebuffer updates”

“RustDesk still does not support encrypted connections when self hosting”

“seems to hopefully be a bit more immune to being enshittified”

“RustDesk has a similar business model and works fine for what it is”

“it doesn't really work well in linux with wayland”

“Only minor complaint about Rustdesk is that when you send the official link to people, they are frightened by a big scary”

“Since I have a desktop I do use rustdesk way more often to just boot into that.”

“I'm excited about the open source efforts.”

“probably rustdesk is so glued together, it created that bad impression on me”

“Honestly my favorite software in this space since RealVNC decided they want to be greedy”

“The iOS RustDesk app is nice, and I've been controlling my Mac Mini at home using my iPad Pro with a Magic Keyboard, and it's shockingly smooth!”

“It works even better than Screens for macOS.”

“my experience with RustDesk + Tailscale is really good”

“No fees for any of this and works on many platforms.”

“works pretty well for casual use despite wayland support being labelled experimental”

“I installed rustdesk so I can help them through whatever.”

“it supports multiple adaptable video codecs and can optimize for latency vs image quality”

“It works for me, and I see little difference with AnyDesk I used before.”

“rustdesk supports wayland”