RustDesk - TeamViewer/AnyDesk alternative

[jdaviescoates]

Just came to post this too, sounds useful.

Docker instructions:
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk#how-to-build-with-docker

[girish]

There was a bunch of confusion about the license here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32239025 .

[kyzoe.be]

i see that there was some confusing, and remarks about the Agpl license, but it i a great pieces of software to run on our own premises.

[imc67]

Never seen this before but this looks great!

[krumel]

Yeah, would absolutely love that as well. Rustdesk is generally solid, but selfhosted via Cloudron would be really nice.

[Rick]

Rustdesk performs great. I've been using it for a while now. I also rely on https://www.helpwire.app/ as an alternative. It's a free app with no usage limits.

[Bushido]

Has there been any consideration of adding RustDesk to Cloudron, or are there specific challenges preventing its inclusion?

[stevespaw]

https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/7270/rust-desk/16?_=1753124682524

[Recliner2042]

I want this too. Looks much easier now than it was before. Still would rather have it on my home Cloudron than on my remote servers.

[lukasp]

I would be happy to see this in near future

[james]

Hello @lukasp and welcome to the Cloudron forum

[lukasp]

@james said:

Hello @lukasp and welcome to the Cloudron forum

Hello and thank you James

[fbartels]

I looked into this a few weeks ago and since Rustdesk does not bring a web ui of its own I switched my investigation to https://github.com/UNITRONIX/BetterDesk instead. That project had its quirks as well (for example it never generated the custom install clients but also did not give me logging to investigate this), so I did not pursue this any further.

But the code and a CloudronVersions.json can be found at https://git.9wd.eu/apps/cloudron-betterdesk for those that want to try it out and possibly continue with it.

[MiroTalk]

Yeah, having RustDesk available on Cloudron would be great! Since MiroTalk SFU is already packaged for Cloudron and supports RustDesk remote control, it would be a nice addition to the ecosystem.

MiroTalk SFU can enable this feature with the following env configuration:

REMOTE_CONTROL_ENABLED=true
REMOTE_CONTROL_DOWNLOAD_URL=https://rustdesk.com/

Users can use the official RustDesk infrastructure or their own self-hosted RustDesk server (hbbs/hbbr) for remote sessions. This would be a great addition for anyone looking to combine self-hosted video conferencing with remote desktop support.

Thank you!

[andreasdueren]

@MiroTalk would you like to test this package to see if this works as intended with MiroTalk? https://git.due.ren/andreas/rustdesk-server-cloudron/-/raw/main/CloudronVersions.json

[jdaviescoates]

@andreasdueren said:

@MiroTalk would you like to test this package to see if this works as intended with MiroTalk? https://git.due.ren/andreas/rustdesk-server-cloudron/-/raw/main/CloudronVersions.json

Is that new? I had a quick look at https://ca.cloudron.io/ and didn't see it there.

[MiroTalk]

@andreasdueren said:

@MiroTalk would you like to test this package to see if this works as intended with MiroTalk? https://git.due.ren/andreas/rustdesk-server-cloudron/-/raw/main/CloudronVersions.json

Yeah, I’ve just tested it, and it seems to work well with MiroTalk!

[andreasdueren]

@jdaviescoates I didn't publish this yet

[MiroTalk]

One small concern: the /setup page is publicly accessible, so anyone can view the server address and public key and potentially use the server as their own RustDesk relay. It might be worth considering the best approach for sharing these connection details securely, while still allowing legitimate participants to connect easily.

Overall, the package looks great. Thanks again for your work on it!

[andreasdueren]

@MiroTalk Yes it's public, assuming the other person on the mirotalk call is a stranger. We could put that behind OIDC?