KRDC (KDE Remote Desktop Connection) is a graphical client for accessing and controlling remote computers. It supports RDP, VNC, and SPICE, allowing users to work with remote desktop sessions from a single application.
The software integrates with the KDE Plasma desktop and is suitable for connecting to Windows computers, Linux desktops, and virtual machines running compatible remote display servers. Connections are organized into tabs, making it possible to work with several remote systems without opening separate application windows.
KRDC provides configurable display, authentication, and connection settings, with additional controls depending on the selected protocol. It can also establish connections through SSH tunnels where the necessary support is available.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Virtual Network Computing (VNC), and SPICE through configurable protocol plugins.
- Connects to multiple remote desktops using a tabbed interface.
- Provides bookmarks, connection history, and discovery of VNC services advertised through Zeroconf.
- Offers full-screen and windowed viewing modes with optional display scaling and aspect ratio preservation.
- Supports view-only sessions, clipboard sharing controls, local cursor rendering, and keyboard shortcut forwarding.
- Captures screenshots of remote desktops and copies them to the local clipboard.
- Provides configurable VNC connection quality profiles for different network conditions.
- Supports RDP display resolution, colour depth, keyboard layout, graphics acceleration, and multiple monitors.
- Offers RDP audio redirection, local directory sharing, and smartcard redirection.
- Includes configurable RDP authentication, TLS security settings, HTTP and SOCKS proxies, and remote desktop gateways.
- Supports SPICE display scaling, resolution configuration, and audio playback.
- Can establish remote desktop connections through SSH tunnels where supported.
- Allows users to restore previous sessions and configure password storage, system tray behaviour, and window preferences.
- Supports launching remote desktop connections from the command line.
Website: invent.kde.org/network/krdc
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Developer: KDE
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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