Rust Desk
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Looked at this a while ago, looks great but you do need to pay for a license to get the self-hosting code.
I'd have thought this already has a wishlist post, but it seems not.
Good video on how it works:
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I am not sure what is open source and what is not.
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk-server/issues/30 says the "API Server" is not. https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk-server/issues/26 says "it is not ready yet". https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk-server/issues/20 then says it is free and open source.
Looks like they are trying to figure out the business model.
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It seems self-hosted is free now. Maybe they are working towards the same free self-hosted and paid hosted business model with the Web Beta:
Another video to add to the above:
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@marcusquinn +1
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nay news on this? would really be neat
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Could sb. check the licensing of https://www.hoptodesk.com ?
(I mean the Cloudron compatibility in that respect)
It's apparently a fork of Rustdesk.FYI @girish
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Could sb. check the licensing of https://www.hoptodesk.com ?
Looks like it's GPL
https://gitlab.com/hoptodesk/hoptodesk/-/blob/main/LICENSEAfaik that shouldn't be an issue with using it on Cloudron.
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@stbg Great find!
I seem to remember the RustDesk one-man show that didn't answer all community questions related to the open source server part, was a bit of an outstanding question as to the motives and trustworthiness.
Difficult though, as I also think there might have just been some cultural bias and shyness issues too.
This fork looks a bit better at explaining itself.
Rare to see FOSS on GitLab first nowadays, that's interesting. Despite it still being quite the disrupter in the space.
Worth a read:
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Ok, super, so as license is good, could you please add it, @girish ?
@marcusquinn, true, FOSS being first on GitLab is rare, but it happens, see Baserow.
Although I'd still like to know more about who is behind HopToDesk.
What I don't understand with RustDesk is that the dev has an amazing star history on Github, but then hasn't figured out the business model – which is blocking him.
With licensing being not clear, it can't be here. Nice rhym
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With licensing being not clea
I'm confused. What license is not clear?
Rust Desk and HopToDesk are clearly both AGPL-3.0 license :
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk-server/blob/master/LICENSE
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@jdaviescoates: see here, what girish wrote above:
I am not sure what is open source and what is not.
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk-server/issues/30 says the "API Server" is not. https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk-server/issues/26 says "it is not ready yet". https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk-server/issues/20 then says it is free and open source.
Looks like they are trying to figure out the business model.
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@stbg thanks, I just asked for clarity in their Discord.
Someone (not a RustDesk dev, but someone who is aware of what's being done) replied:
Rustdesk Client - AGPL-3.0
Rustdesk Server - AGPL-3.0
The API (addressbook etc) hasnt been released yet so whether its opensource or not it wouldnt stop anything, also there are afew opensource addressbooks being worked onI also spotted they have docs for self-hosting here:
https://rustdesk.com/docs/en/self-host/install/This is the install script:
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@jdaviescoates wow, super, thanks for figuring that out!
@girish can you add the service now? + hoptodesk? (see thread above)
