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Ask HN: Are there any good open source screen sharing tools with remote control?

by benkaiser on 7/5/23, 4:25 AM with 10 comments

I spent hours last night trying to re-enable remote control on Jitsi's electron app with no luck[1]. Are there any other good open source tools out there for remote controlling a friends' computer screen on a call?

[1] https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/issues/877

by simfree on 7/5/23, 6:05 AM
RustDesk is generally good, just download it, then get the remote end's ID and password (or have them click Approve) and your in.
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/releases/tag/1.2.0
by LuisFerreira on 7/5/23, 2:39 PM
TeamViewer is very very expensive!
by McNutty on 7/5/23, 5:07 AM
Does it need to be open source, or just free to use ?
There are a few free tools out there.