Remmina (formerly known as Grdc) is a remote desktop connection client that can view and control a desktop session running on another system.
It can connect to a VNC platform (using libvncserver0) as well as to windows terminal servers (with rdesktop).
Remmina is an application based on GNOME and GTK+. There is also a GNOME applet support for the client.
Key Features
- Remote desktops with higher resolutions are scrollable/scalable in both window and fullscreen mode.
- Floating toolbar.
- Keyboard grabbing.
- Maintain a list of remote desktop files for most frequently used servers.
- Make quick connections.
- Viewport fullscreen mode: remote desktop automatically scrolls when the mouse moves over the screen edge.
- Floating toolbar in fullscreen mode, allows you to switch between modes, toggle keyboard grabbing, minimize, etc.
- Supported network protocols: RDP, VNC, NX, XDMCP, SSH, and Avahi.
- “VNC Incoming Connection” protocol.
- Password encryption.
- Pure GTK+ 2.0 application.
Website: www.remmina.org
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Developer: Vic Lee
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Remmina is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Remote Display Clients | |
|---|---|
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| FreeRDP | Remote Desktop Protocol Implementation |
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| noVNC | VNC client web application |
| Connections | Aims at replacing Vinagre as the remote desktop client for GNOME |
| Xpra | Multi-platform persistent remote display server with built-in HTML5 client |
| Guacamole | Clientless remote desktop gateway |
| Dayon! | Easy to use, cross-platform remote desktop assistance solution |
| RustConn | Connection orchestrator for Linux with a GTK4/Wayland-native interface |
| HopToDesk | Remote desktop tool with end-to-end encryption |
| Field Monitor | Remote desktop client designed for GNOME |
| Vinagre | VNC client for the Gnome Desktop |
| rdesktop | Client for Windows Terminal Services |
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