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Ask HN: Are there any good open source screen sharing tools with remote control?
I spent hours last night trying to re-enable remote control on Jitsi's electron app with no luck[1]. Are there any other good open source tools out there for remote controlling a friends' computer screen on a call?
[1] https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/issues/877
- McNutty 3y agoDoes it need to be open source, or just free to use ? There are a few free tools out there.
- lupanaro 3y agoCan you name a few (open source or not)?
- benkaiser 3y agoHappy to hear what good free tools are out there too. I know Zoom supports this on their free personal tier, the meetings are just capped at 40 mins.
- not_your_vase 3y agoTeamViewer has been a standard tool for screen sharing and remote control for a while now.
- McNutty 3y agoTeamViewer and Google's equivalent (Google Remote Desktop) are 2 that come to mind, and there is functionality built directly in to some versions of Windows.
- simfree 3y agoRustDesk is generally good, just download it, then get the remote end's ID and password (or have them click Approve) and your in. https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/releases/tag/1.2.0 https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/releases/tag/1.2.0
- LuisFerreira 3y agoTeamViewer is very very expensive!
- McNutty 3y agoThe personal version is free. OP stated "remote controlling a friends computer" which would be the free version