Dayon!
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A user-friendly, open-source, cross-platform solution, that allows controlling of remote computers. It can be used as an alternative to various commercial remote desktop and assistance products.
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- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
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Gia-Bursulaia added Dayon! as alternative to BURSU Connection Manager
Paul added Dayon! as alternative to Astropad Workbench- Begenmedikler1m liked Dayon!
libo added Dayon! as alternative to AFK Remote
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Software for the Advanced Administrator [3/3]
Part 3 of 3 in Series: lists will continually be updated periodically.
This is a continuation of my lists, “Recommended Software for the Average Joe and Jane” and “Software for the Tech-Savvy Power User” but with software I believe requires technical knowledge, not just literacy.
I also want to iterate that these are recommendations for personal use, not for an IT department.
Criteria I look for universally for my lists are as follows:
— Open source code: publicly audited
— Privacy-focus: minimal data collection, encryption by default
— Security-focus: 2FA available, encryption by default
— Zero Knowledge end-to-end encryption (E2EE) when appropriate
— Cross-platform or progressive web apps (PWAs) + cloud backup/sync
— Freemium subscription model, so basic features are always available for free
— Oligarchy / Big Tech alternative
— Absence of “dark” or deceptive patterns
Criteria specifically for this list:
— If open source software isn’t available for a feature then proprietary software is tolerated for this list
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Security & Privacy, Network & Admin, Remote Work & Education, OS & UtilitiesGitHub repository
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- 8 Open Issues
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Comments and Reviews
Even though it's only grayscale, it comes with a .jar file you can share to anybody you want to assist without installing/sudo!
I enjoy using Dayon! because it's free, secure and respects my privacy! Since recent versions it also supports true colors!
It's really fast - and it's free!
Dayon! is fast for remote desktop control, it's made for this purpose. But to achieve that, the dev chose to set all transmitted images in greyscale, so there's no color at all. I appreciate that you can choose the algorithm to compress images, although there's no video compression algorithm, so it's slower than softwares using the latter such as Parsec.
If you're looking for a fast open-source remote desktop software and you don't need colors, that's a very good choice, otherwise you'll have to look elsewhere.