Ask HN: Are there any good open source screen sharing tools with remote control?

#1

Post by benkaiser » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 4:25 AM UTC

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

Re: Ask HN: Are there any good open source screen sharing tools with remote control?

#2

Post by McNutty » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 5:07 AM UTC

Does it need to be open source, or just free to use ?

There are a few free tools out there.

Re: Ask HN: Are there any good open source screen sharing tools with remote control?

#3

Post by lupanaro » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 5:13 AM UTC

McNutty wrote: post #2

Does it need to be open source, or just free to use ? There are a few free tools out there.

Can you name a few (open source or not)?

Re: Ask HN: Are there any good open source screen sharing tools with remote control?

#4

Post by benkaiser » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 5:13 AM UTC

McNutty wrote: post #2

Does it need to be open source, or just free to use ? There are a few free tools out there.

Happy 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.

Re: Ask HN: Are there any good open source screen sharing tools with remote control?

#5

Post by not_your_vase » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 5:39 AM UTC

benkaiser wrote: post #4

McNutty wrote: post #2

Does it need to be open source, or just free to use ? There are a few free tools out there.

Happy 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.

TeamViewer has been a standard tool for screen sharing and remote control for a while now.

Re: Ask HN: Are there any good open source screen sharing tools with remote control?

#6

Post by McNutty » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 5:59 AM UTC

benkaiser wrote: post #4

McNutty wrote: post #2

Does it need to be open source, or just free to use ? There are a few free tools out there.

Happy 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.

TeamViewer 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.

Re: Ask HN: Are there any good open source screen sharing tools with remote control?

#7

Post by simfree » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 6:05 AM UTC

RustDesk 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

Re: Ask HN: Are there any good open source screen sharing tools with remote control?

#8

Post by samsaga2 » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 8:30 AM UTC

simfree wrote: post #7

RustDesk 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

My upvote for rustdesk. It's a great replacement for AnyDesk.

Re: Ask HN: Are there any good open source screen sharing tools with remote control?

#9

Post by benkaiser » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 1:35 PM UTC

simfree wrote: post #7

RustDesk 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

Wow this is perfect. Thank you!

Re: Ask HN: Are there any good open source screen sharing tools with remote control?

#10

Post by LuisFerreira » Wed, Jul 05, 2023, 2:39 PM UTC

TeamViewer is very very expensive!