Free Self-Hosted RealVNC Alternatives

RealVNC is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are some alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best free Self-Hosted alternative is RustDesk, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to RealVNC and nine of them are free and available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Self-Hosted alternatives to RealVNC are Apache Guacamole, MeshCentral, Remotely and Kasm Workspaces.

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RealVNC alternatives are mainly Remote Desktop Tools, but if you're looking for Virtualization Tools or Help Desk Platforms you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted + Free, Mac and Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to RealVNC.
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  1. RustDesk icon
     311 likes

    Provides secure, cross-platform remote access and file sharing with no registration needed. Offers end-to-end encryption, self-hosting, multi-monitor support, screen sharing, and portable use, all with a lightweight, ad-free interface.

    147 RustDesk alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
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  2. 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.

    74 Apache Guacamole alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  3. MeshCentral icon
     47 likes

    This is a full computer management web site. With MeshCentral, you can run your own web server to remotely manage and control computers on a local network or anywhere on the internet.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Node.JS
    • npm
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  4. Remotely icon
     29 likes

    Remotely is a free and open-source remote desktop, remote scripting, and rich auto-complete to maximize your IT support efficiency.

    133 Remotely alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Kasm Workspaces icon
     13 likes

    Kasm Workspaces is a container streaming platform for delivering browser, desktop and application workloads to the web browser.

    30 Kasm Workspaces alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  6. Remote Utilities is a remote PC access program for connecting to a remote PC over LAN or via the Internet. The program is used by system administrators, home users and helpdesks for remotely managing PCs in their corporate or home network, or providing customer support.

    118 Remote Utilities alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
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  7. OpenRPort icon
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    This a repo in an effort to continue an opensource version of original cloudradar-monitoring rport. We are working to bring back all the component to opensource. Some documentation might be inconsistent but will still be usable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  8. noVNC icon
     3 likes

    noVNC - VNC client using HTML5 (Web Sockets, Canvas) with encryption (wss://) support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Windows Phone
    • Self-Hosted
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  9.  5 likes

    Screensy is a simple peer-to-peer screen sharing solution.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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