Xpra is 'screen for X': it allows you to run X programs, usually on a remote host, direct their display to your local machine, and then to disconnect from these programs and reconnect from the same or another machine, without losing any state.
Xephyr AlternativesRemote Desktop Tools and other similar apps like Xephyr
Xephyr is described as 'Kdrive based X Server which targets a window on a host X Server as its framebuffer. Unlike Xnest it supports modern X extensions ( even if host server doesn't ) such as Composite, Damage, randr etc (no GLX support now)' and is a Remote Desktop tool in the os & utilities category. There are 1 alternatives to Xephyr for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best Xephyr alternative is Xpra, which is both free and Open Source.




Xephyr allows a second x11 session to be run within a window locally. Xpra is for remote sessions.