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Speaking of TeamViewer, do you know a good open source alternative that I can self host (I mean self host the relay server for NAT traversal). That is as easy t
by kuon 7y ago
Speaking of TeamViewer, do you know a good open source alternative that I can self host (I mean self host the relay server for NAT traversal). That is as easy to use? Works on windows, mac and linux? It should also be installable in a few slick with no network configuration required.
- jszymborski 7y agoI haven't tried this, but I imagine a situation where computer A uses SSH to connect to VPS B and computer C connect to VPS B using SSH. If both SSH connections port-forward a VNC port, you can use VNC.
- 4ad 7y agoThis is what I use. In Unix it just works (TM). If you have an ssh client in windows, it also works with Remote Desktop via ssh port forwarding. In lieu of a (configured) ssh client on Windows, you can send the other person a self-contained Go program to do the job.
- kuon 7y agoYes technically it could work, but I cannot ask the users to use SSH and configure VNC. The force of team viewer is that you download it, open it, and give number over the phone and it works.
- EquallyJust 7y agoChrome remote desktop works pretty well
- dhekir 7y agoBut for remote control, it stops after every few minutes, asking the "controlled" user to click on a button to continue. Not so practical in a few situations.
- pixl97 7y agoWhat do you mean? I've never had it do that.
- dhekir 7y agoIt always happens for me when accessing a Linux machine remotely. I can't find a screenshot now, so the next time I do it, I'll take one. It seems to be a security measure, to prevent someone from sharing remote access and then forgetting about it afterwards, but it makes for terrible usability.
- pvtmert 7y agoyou can also port forward from/to unix sockets
- xbryanx 7y agoI've been looking at a combination of SoftEther (for dynamic IPs) and Guacamole to replace TeamViewer, ConnectWise, etc.
- DrPhish 7y agoI also use Guacamole for remote employee/vendor access (with public IPs hidden behind a proxy like an F5 or at least SSL+HTTP Simple Auth), but I haven't ever tried to configure it for remote support session sharing type stuff. Is that how you're using it? If so, how is it set up?
- mehrdadn 7y agoAnybody know of a UDP-based alternative? VNC is TCP.
- gruez 7y agoIs there a reason why you need UDP specifically?
- mehrdadn 7y agoIt's far smoother.
- gruez 7y agoWhat protocol do you notice this with? In my experience, Microsoft RDP (the only protocol I know with configurable udp and tcp) with and without udp is imperceptible during typical use (eg. server administration).
- mehrdadn 7y agoWith RDP. It's not imperceptible for me. I don't just use RDP for server administration.
- spullara 7y agoNot OSS but remotedesktop.google.com works well.
- philliphaydon 7y agoIt sucks for multi monitor setups though, keyboard events, defocuses for no reason, unlocks the computer you rdp into, doesn't support scaling monitors.
- BiteCode_dev 7y agoIn the same boat, and I have heard good things about https://www.dwservice.net/fr/home.html https://www.dwservice.net/fr/home.html, but I haven't tried it myself yet.
- simcop2387 7y agoI don't know how smooth it is, since I haven't tried it myself yet, but apparently Nextcloud talk can do it. I think it needs a browser extension but that might not be nearly as much of an imposition as vnc + ssh. It's also pretty easy to self host on a vps or other server of your own.
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- tmikaeld 7y agohttps://www.meshcommander.com/meshcentral2 https://www.meshcommander.com/meshcentral2 Seems to do this (currently in beta)
- weitzj 7y agozerotier.com is exactly this. I am still amazed how easy this is. (Big fanboy)
- twooclock 7y agoNot opensource but works good: https://www.cloudberrylab.com/remote-assistant.aspx https://www.cloudberrylab.com/remote-assistant.aspx
- vsenko 7y agoIn case when remote control capabilities are not required, one could use jitsi (https://jitsi.org https://jitsi.org) video conferencing service which provides screen sharing capabilities (implementation depends on the web browser). The main advantage is that there is no need to install any software neither on the remote machine nor on the local one. There is a cloud hosted free version https://meet.jit.si https://meet.jit.si which does not even require registration.
- vmurthy 7y agoFor those of you who need to try it out real quick : Jitsi Docker : https://github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet https://github.com/jitsi/docker-jitsi-meet
- zelo 7y agoI use nomachine behind vpn and it works much smoother than teamviewer. It's multiplatform and free for personal use.
- holri 7y agohttps://github.com/OpenIndex/RemoteSupportTool https://github.com/OpenIndex/RemoteSupportTool