I’ve been using rustdesk for while, and it works very well for me. The news of it being somewhat opaque, and developed from China, makes me a bit nervous.

Is there a FOSS equivalent that won’t make me jump through hoops, and be easily installed by someone else remotely?

I would like to be able to have it run at startup in Linux and windows, have a fairly complete feature set, like file transfer, copy paste, etc.

Also it’d be great if it could be easily installed by someone else remotely. I do SMB support, usually onsite, which is why it’s not cost effective to pay for a Teamviewer or Anydesk license.

I’m taking a look through flathub, but recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

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If you’re comfortable with Rustdesk but wary of the developer, you could try HopToDesk, which is a fork of Rustdesk but the company is based in the US.

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Thanks. I’m trying out HopToDesk. As I understand it’s a clone. Works pretty well. I hope they don’t pull any shenanigans

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Based in the US makes it good?

https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/discussions/2778

Beware of hoptodesk, it’s even more sketchy.

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No, but a “company” in China has far less autonomy from the government in China than one in the US. For some people, that can be stressful

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Untrue. Although it’s more likely for china to (ab)use this, but legally the us is just as „bad“.

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If you’re in the US, maybe?

I only suggested it as Rustdesk not so long ago had no self-hosted FOSS server, whereas HopToDesk did - it’s been a while since I’ve reviewed FOSS remote desktops so I probably should again.

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The company is based in UK not US but you don’t mention self-hosting.

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