Epoptes is an open source computer lab management and monitoring tool. It allows screen broadcasting and monitoring, remote command execution, message sending, imposing restrictions like screen locking or sound muting the clients and much more/
Epoptes provides a server daemon and a graphical user interface for controlling client PCs.
It can be installed in Ubuntu and Debian based labs that may contain any combination of the following: LTSP servers, thin and fat clients, non LTSP servers, standalone workstations, NX clients, and more.
Key Features
- Utilizes reverse connections.
- Low resources consumed.
- Internalization support.
Website: www.epoptes.org
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Developer: Fotis Tsamis, Alkis Georgopoulos
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Epoptes is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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