Xpra
Ranked 10 of 22 game streaming software by recommenders
Free, mature, feature-rich tool that runs graphical apps remotely, like screen or tmux for windows; people say it works great.
Free, mature, feature-rich tool that runs graphical apps remotely, like screen or tmux for windows; people say it works great.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Mature and feature-rich
“Like RustDesk, Xpra is similarly feature-rich and mature”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “RustDesk now supports true unattended remote access on Wayland” “especially with features that xpra brings”
Comment from 30 Jun 2026 in “A native graphical shell for SSH” Works great for remote desktops
“I do the dinosaur version of this, with screen and xpra. Works great.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Emacs 31 Is Around the Corner: The Changes I'm Daily Driving” “Run desktop browser via xpra, connect. Problem solved.”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “YouTube blocks background video playback on Brave and other Browsers”
Other game streaming software people recommend
The four most recommended other game streaming software, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moonlight | 68 | 10 | 87% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Sunshine | 55 | 16 | 77% | 10 | — | Approved |
| RustDesk | 32 | 20 | 62% | 8 | — | — |
| Sunshine and Moonlight | 18 | 6 | 75% | 7 | 3 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| XpraThis page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Xpra seems to work better than RDP for me.”
“Like RustDesk, Xpra is similarly feature-rich and mature”
“the latter is a screen/tmux for graphical applications”
“especially with features that xpra brings”
“I do the dinosaur version of this, with screen and xpra. Works great.”
“You could use xprs (or Waypipe).”
“xpra looks great, but either didn't exist or I was unaware at the time.”
“Run desktop browser via xpra, connect. Problem solved.”
“seems to work really nice on thin clients”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.