Open Source RealVNC Alternatives

The best open source alternative to RealVNC is RustDesk. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to RealVNC and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to RealVNC are Remmina, TightVNC, UltraVNC and Bananas Screen Sharing.

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  1. Vinagre icon
     36 likes

    A VNC/SSH Client for the GNOME Desktop

    • You can connect to several machines at the same time with tabs
    • You can keep track of your most used connections with favorites
    • You can keep track of your recently used connections through GtkRecent
    • You can browse your network f.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. AFK Remote icon
     2 likes

    AFK connects your iPhone or Android to your Mac via WebRTC. Built for developers using AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) who want to check in from the couch, give feedback, and kick off tasks without being stuck at their desk.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Mac
    • iPad
     
  3. KRDC icon
     19 likes

    KRDC is the KDE Remote Desktop Client. KRDC was overhauled as part of the Google Summer of Code (SoC) 2007 by Urs Wolfer and other developers to be included in the KDE 4.0. An overhaul was needed as KRDC development had slowed to a stop as it had no active maintainer for several...

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE
     
  4. Dayon! icon
     11 likes

    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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
     
  5. Connections icon
     3 likes

    Connections allows you to connect to and use other desktops. This can be a great way to access content or software on a different desktop operating system. It can also be used as a way to provide support to users who might need help.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  6. 1Remote icon
     5 likes

    1Remote (previously PRemoteM) is a modern personal remote session manager and launcher. It is a single place to manage all your remote sessions supporting a number of different protocols.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. TurboVNC icon
     3 likes

    TurboVNC is a derivative of VNC (Virtual Network Computing) that is tuned to provide peak performance for 3D and video workloads.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. OpenRPort icon
     Like

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. MultiVNC icon
     2 likes

    MultiVNC is an open-source VNC viewer that aims to be easy to use and fast. It includes the following features:

    14 MultiVNC alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  10. AVNC icon
     2 likes

    AVNC is an open source VNC client for Android. It allows you to remotely control any device running a VNC server.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  11. rdesktop icon
     24 likes

    rdesktop is an open source client for Windows Terminal Services, capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in order to present the users Windows desktop. Supported servers include Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows...

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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