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19 Best Free and Open Source Remote Desktop Clients

This article examines the best free and open source Linux remote desktop clients.

This article examines the best free Linux remote desktop servers.

noVNC opens remote desktops in a web browser with WebSockets, clipboard support, touch controls, adjustable displays, and a JavaScript API.

KRDC connects to remote desktops over RDP, VNC, and SPICE with tabbed sessions, bookmarks, SSH tunnels, and configurable display settings.

XPipe is open source desktop software which lets you create and manage connections to remote system from a central interface.

Field Monitor is a GNOME remote desktop client for RDP, SPICE and VNC with direct Proxmox, libvirt and QEMU virtual machine integration.

Apache Guacamole is a browser-based remote desktop gateway supporting RDP, VNC and SSH with file transfer, recording and access controls.

electerm is a terminal emulator with bags of additional functionality. It’s free and open source software.

Connections is GNOME’s streamlined remote desktop client for connecting to Linux, Windows and virtual machines using RDP and VNC.

TurboVNC is a high-performance VNC implementation tuned for image-heavy, 3D and remote visualization workloads on local and wide networks

TigerVNC is a high-performance VNC client and server with TLS encryption, display scaling, persistent sessions and Wayland sharing.

Remmina is a GTK remote desktop client for Linux supporting RDP, VNC, SPICE, X2Go, SSH and web connections from one interface.

Ásbrú Connection Manager is a user interface that helps organizing remote terminal sessions and automating repetitive tasks.

This article examines the best free Linux remote desktop clients and terminal servers. We feature free and open source software.