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

• pyramidless_cle 2mo ago
  That's not really true for quite some time now. Both client and the free server depend on a separate submodule that has no LICENSE file whatsoever. Because of that RustDesk is stuck in a limbo somewhere between open source, source-available and closed source. Also, the whole management of the project seems questionable. Also for some features a dll blob which is not open source is required with no source disclosed at all.
  • 9cb14c1ec0 2mo ago
    That's what BetterDesk is for: https://github.com/UNITRONIX/BetterDesk https://github.com/UNITRONIX/BetterDesk
    • d3Xt3r 2mo ago
      I like that their server is just a single Go binary, but then they go and ruin that with a Node.js web UI and.. PostgreSQL?! Seems like complete overkill. I wonder what gripping limitations they faced with SQLite that they decided it needed PostgreSQL.
      • haswell 2mo ago
        SQLite is still the default backend. Postgres is optional.
      • opello 2mo ago
        It looks like PostgreSQL is optional and SQLite is the default. https://github.com/UNITRONIX/BetterDesk#prerequisites https://github.com/UNITRONIX/BetterDesk#prerequisites
    • pyramidless_cle 2mo ago
      Seems like that is just a server implementation that requires you to use stock RustDesk clients. So you can't really have a fully opensource RustDesk-like system without requiring a substantial chunk of unlicensed source code as well as a closed source dll blob(s). I just glanced over the repo, deployment and comments around it and it seems like unconstrained AI slop or at least the project seems to be led by a person which can't use AI effectively for the purpose of software engineering.