RustDesk

Who it is for

For individuals and small teams. It runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, and a computer you control. License: AGPL-3.0. It is in the Remote desktop group.

What you pay

Free plan: The app is free for personal and work use. You can run the relay yourself. There is no hosted price on file. Run it yourself: Setup: medium. The OSS server is two small services, hbbs and hbbr. The project says a basic cloud server is enough for the relay.

How to switch

• Compared with TeamViewer. Its price on file: TeamViewer says personal use is free. Work use, including home office, needs a license.

  You only get part of: a log of who connected.

  Free alternatives to TeamViewer·Move from TeamViewer to RustDesk

How close is it?

A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.

• 97
  Instead of TeamViewer8 of 8 checked features. A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.You only get part of: a log of who connected.The license does not split personal use from work use.Two computers meet with an ID. Your relay or the public one does the introduction.A computer can stay available with a password.hbbs and hbbr are the ID and relay services you can run.Windows, Mac, and Linux clients.Android and iOS clients.The other person types the ID on the screen.You can log the server you run. It is not a full company audit product.

Related alternatives

Remote desktop alternatives

• Free alternatives to TeamViewer
• MeshCentral: A remote-control server your computers call home to.
• Apache Guacamole: A browser gateway for RDP, VNC, and SSH.

Free apps in this group

• Apache Guacamole: A browser gateway for RDP, VNC, and SSH.
• MeshCentral: A remote-control server your computers call home to.

Switch guides

• Move from TeamViewer to RustDesk

Where we looked

• https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk
• https://rustdesk.com/docs/en/self-host/rustdesk-server-oss/