Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway. It supports standard protocols like VNC and RDP. We call it clientless because no plugins or client software are required.


JumpServer is described as 'Open-source Privileged Access Management (PAM) tool that provides DevOps and IT teams with on-demand and secure access to SSH, RDP, Kubernetes, Database and RemoteApp endpoints through a web browser' and is an app in the development category. There are four alternatives to JumpServer for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Kubernetes, Cloudron and Docker apps. The best JumpServer alternative is Apache Guacamole, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like JumpServer are Xrdp, Cardea and Warpgate Bastion.
Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway. It supports standard protocols like VNC and RDP. We call it clientless because no plugins or client software are required.


xrdp provides a graphical login to remote machines using Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). xrdp accepts connections from a variety of RDP clients:
Cardea is an SSH bastion server with access control, session recording, and optional TPM-backed key protection, designed for small and mid-sized teams that manage infrastructure through code. Access rules live in a text file, so they can be reviewed in pull requests and...
Warpgate is a smart SSH, HTTPS, Kubernetes, MySQL and PostgreSQL bastion host for Linux that doesn't need special client apps.



