Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#11

Post by shellfishgene » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:01 PM UTC

tekla wrote: post #10

Tailscale + RDP.

Does RDP allow remote control with the other party also seeing the screen?

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#12

Post by neon5077 » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:16 PM UTC

Try NoMachine. IME, performance is pretty sub-par, but if it's a once in a while thing you probably don't care that much. It's also got a "clean" and "modern" UI that would look right at home on a toddler's toy.

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#13

Post by gnarlynarwhal42 » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:19 PM UTC

shellfishgene wrote: post #11

tekla wrote: post #10

Tailscale + RDP.

Does RDP allow remote control with the other party also seeing the screen?

RDP does not allow this

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#14

Post by workingdog » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:19 PM UTC

shellfishgene wrote: post #11

tekla wrote: post #10

Tailscale + RDP.

Does RDP allow remote control with the other party also seeing the screen?

You can, but it's a pain to setup: https://woshub.com/rdp-session-shadow-to-windows-10-user/

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#15

Post by panki27 » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:22 PM UTC

whitefang wrote: post #7

RDP built into windows should work well?

RDP only works if you have a direct routing between the devices. OP is rather looking for Remote Assist.

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#16

Post by panki27 » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:23 PM UTC

Modern builds of Windows have a "Remote Assistance" feature that functions just like that.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/solve-pc-problem...

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#17

Post by doublepg23 » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:23 PM UTC

frankjr wrote: post #3

I haven't tried it but there's https://remotedesktop.google.com

This works well enough for tech support. I have had good success for years using it.

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#18

Post by wannacboatmovie » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:24 PM UTC

Hasn't Winders had this feature built in for over 20 years?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/solve-pc-problem...

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#19

Post by SteveNuts » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:24 PM UTC

Nephx wrote: post #8

bencelaszlo wrote: post #2

Reemo: https://reemo.io/ > You don't even need a code or install a client (you can use Chrome). Sometimes I use it for gaming, too.

Information Automatically Collected. ... Online activity data. Information about your use of and actions on the Service, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen and navigation paths between pages or screens. https://reemo.io/privacy-policy To me this seems horrifyingly invasive.

> To me this seems horrifyingly invasive.

No wonder it's free

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#20

Post by Plnt » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:24 PM UTC

For Windows 10 and Windows 11, there is already a built-in app called Quick Assist. It's a bit bare-bones compared to Team Viewer but it's free and it works out of the box.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Assist

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p7bp5vnwkx5?hl=en-US&gl=U...