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What's the best alternative you've found? I personally use anydesk from time to time when helping family with tech issues remotely, but I haven't looked too muc

What's the best alternative you've found? I personally use anydesk from time to time when helping family with tech issues remotely, but I haven't looked too much at other software.

m-p-3 4y ago
I use Chrome Remote Desktop for personal use, works well enough for me.
sllewe 4y ago
Screenconnect and Splashtop come to mind. Yes - both have their flaws, but are much more palatable then TV.
degenerate 4y ago
NoMachine is the closest 1:1 experience to Teamviewer I've found. It uses the same video capture method and offers a lot of the same features such as drag-and drop file copying and aspect ratio controls. The downside is the UI is very odd and difficult to maneuver, but once you get used to it, you'll ditch TeamViewer. You will also need to connect to hosts with IPs and open your ports; it doesn't have the ability to punch through firewalls like TeamViewer can.
- nomachine 4y ago
  Hi, can you tell us what you find odd and difficult to use? Maybe we get what you mean; in the NoMachine UI there are a lot of settings you can select: the protocol, different IP addresses, encodings and so on. These are some of the advanced options that almost no users probably care about. But the fact is that, since its inception, NoMachine was intended as an "advanced communication and remote desktop tool", more a "professional tool", not intended for the "wide public", especially because you had to "know" and be able to configure things like "an IP address", which is more in the "professional space". To make NoMachine apt for widespread adoption, we need NoMachine Network, the infrastructure that will allow people to connect by just knowing a "machine id", the same TeamViewer does, and we are working on it. Expect this very soon. But that said... We would love to know form you where we can improve the NoMachine UI, to make it more usable, more friendly less "confusing" (if it is) and less intimidating. If you like, you can obviously also contact us directly. Do as you like, but we would love to hear from you.
  - degenerate 4y ago
    I'll reach out to you directly, perhaps I can participate in the nomachine Network beta and provide feedback that way. Thanks for the reply! Edit: contacted you with ticket# WU07T00092
    - nomachine 4y ago
      Thanks for reaching out to us already! A beta program for Network is not currently available, but we would love to hear your feedback about your experience with our software and user interface :-) Please respond to that ticket with your comments at your earliest convenience.
seanw444 4y ago
Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're looking for, TightVNC has served all the purposes I needed for remote desktop.
nazgulsenpai 4y ago
Zoho Assist works pretty well. I use at work but it also has a good free tier.
VistaBrokeMyPC 4y ago
I self host a relay server for rustdesk. No complaints so far. https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk
efreak 4y ago
Microsoft's remote desktop assistant and the VPN in my router.

What's the best alternative you've found? I personally use anydesk from time to time when helping family with tech issues remotely, but I haven't looked too much at other software.

m-p-3 4y ago

I use Chrome Remote Desktop for personal use, works well enough for me.

sllewe 4y ago

Screenconnect and Splashtop come to mind. Yes - both have their flaws, but are much more palatable then TV.

degenerate 4y ago

NoMachine is the closest 1:1 experience to Teamviewer I've found. It uses the same video capture method and offers a lot of the same features such as drag-and drop file copying and aspect ratio controls. The downside is the UI is very odd and difficult to maneuver, but once you get used to it, you'll ditch TeamViewer. You will also need to connect to hosts with IPs and open your ports; it doesn't have the ability to punch through firewalls like TeamViewer can.

nomachine 4y ago
Hi, can you tell us what you find odd and difficult to use? Maybe we get what you mean; in the NoMachine UI there are a lot of settings you can select: the protocol, different IP addresses, encodings and so on. These are some of the advanced options that almost no users probably care about. But the fact is that, since its inception, NoMachine was intended as an "advanced communication and remote desktop tool", more a "professional tool", not intended for the "wide public", especially because you had to "know" and be able to configure things like "an IP address", which is more in the "professional space". To make NoMachine apt for widespread adoption, we need NoMachine Network, the infrastructure that will allow people to connect by just knowing a "machine id", the same TeamViewer does, and we are working on it. Expect this very soon. But that said... We would love to know form you where we can improve the NoMachine UI, to make it more usable, more friendly less "confusing" (if it is) and less intimidating. If you like, you can obviously also contact us directly. Do as you like, but we would love to hear from you.
- degenerate 4y ago
  I'll reach out to you directly, perhaps I can participate in the nomachine Network beta and provide feedback that way. Thanks for the reply! Edit: contacted you with ticket# WU07T00092
  - nomachine 4y ago
    Thanks for reaching out to us already! A beta program for Network is not currently available, but we would love to hear your feedback about your experience with our software and user interface :-) Please respond to that ticket with your comments at your earliest convenience.

seanw444 4y ago

Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're looking for, TightVNC has served all the purposes I needed for remote desktop.

nazgulsenpai 4y ago

Zoho Assist works pretty well. I use at work but it also has a good free tier.

VistaBrokeMyPC 4y ago

I self host a relay server for rustdesk. No complaints so far. https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk

efreak 4y ago

Microsoft's remote desktop assistant and the VPN in my router.