Open source Splashtop alternatives
Every project in the catalog is MIT, Apache or BSD licensed. 0 projects explicitly describe themselves as a Splashtop alternative; 26 more are in the category where Splashtop is a typical product.
Open source projects in the same category: Remote Access & VDI
Category-level information: these projects are the same kind of software as Splashtop; they have not claimed to be a one-to-one replacement.
Neko
100m1k1o · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- Remote access to the virtual browser and Linux desktop environment running in Docker
- You share a common browser session and screen with multiple users at the same time
- You navigate the web safely in an isolated virtual environment and run applications
- • NeutralHacker News
Show HN: Neko – Self hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC
“Hi all, after glancing at the comments it seems that a few people are confused about Neko and what its purpose is. Neko is a self-hosted shared browser, which was built in response to a product called Rabb.it shutting down. Rabb.it had ~4 million MAUs and raised a series B…”
- • NeutralHacker News
Show HN: Neko – Self hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC
“> Obviously less relevant. From the github.... > Why n.eko? > I like cats (Neko is the Japanese word for cat), I'm a weeb/nerd.”
Verified against README · Oct 26, 2026 · source
nginx-proxy
100nginx-proxy · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- Using the VIRTUAL_HOST environment variable, you can create automatic routing rules for your containers.
- Depending on the life cycle of Docker containers, you can automatically update the Nginx configuration.
- You can install based on different infrastructure needs using Debian or Alpine-based image options.
Termix-SSH · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You can import/ export the main server and identity information data.
- You can use SQLite, PostgreSQL or MySQL as a database.
- You can manage Docker containers through plugins.
electerm · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- Tek uygulamadan SSH, SFTP, FTP, Telnet, seri port, RDP, VNC ve Spice bağlantıları kurabilirsin
- Küçük uzak dosyaları çift tıklayarak doğrudan düzenleyebilirsin
- Global kısayolla pencereyi guake benzeri açıp kapatabilirsin
Verified against README · Oct 30, 2026 · source
Xpipe
95xpipe-io · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You manage hundreds of connections from one hub, such as SSH, Docker, virtual machines and cloud services
- Transfer files and edit files between your local file manager and remote systems
- In one click you start a remote shell session in your favorite terminal emulator
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
FR: Support for Xshell terminal
“Hi, could you add support for NetSarang Xshell? I added it as a custom terminal, and used the test feature, it correctly opened a local session, so I guess it supports invoking it via CLI. It also supports opening new tabs vs new windows. Thanks a lot. :)”
- ↑ PositiveGitHub Issue
[Feature Request] Customisable connection icons
“Hi, I'd like to propose a new feature that could enhance user experience when handling multiple connections (SSH or other) within your app. Right now, it can get confusing with many machines or VMs to tell apart different connections. What if we added an option to customise…”
FreeRDP
100FreeRDP · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You open remote desktop session via RDP protocol with command line clients
- You use the libfreerdp library to add RDP support to your own applications
- In remote sessions you use clipboards, audio, and driver guidance
- • NeutralHacker News
FreeRDP 2.0 – A Remote Desktop Protocol implementation
“Have you tried FreeRDP's Thincast Workstation (based on VirtualBox)? I know it's still in beta, but it was originally released two years ago and I'm still not able to boot ubuntu's mini.iso installation media in this graphics-optimized version of VirtualBox. Interested also if…”
- • NeutralHacker News
FreeRDP 2.0 – A Remote Desktop Protocol implementation
“Remmina is a just GUI frontend. You can choose a RDP backend between FreeRDP and RDesktop.”
Verified against README · Oct 25, 2026 · source
tengine
92alibaba · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You can update your Nginx-compatible infrastructure with support for ZQX 1/3 and QUIC.
- You can dynamically manage server and routing settings in the Kubernetes environment without having to restart.
- With hardware acceleration and customized TLS protocols, you can optimize HTTPS traffic.
- • High number of open issues (510)
- • NeutralHacker News
Tengine: a web server based on Nginx, offering advanced features
“Interesting, I've been working on a nginx buildpack for Heroku/Dokku/Flynn optimized for static sites. I should create a Tengine fork to benchmark with nginx.”
- • NeutralHacker News
Tengine: a web server based on Nginx, offering advanced features
“key selling point: dynamic module loading support (" You don't have to recompile Tengine when you want to add a new module")”
ttyd
92tsl0922 · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You can access your terminal via the Web interface and run custom commands.
- You can transfer files using ZMODEM or trzsz protocols.
- You can ensure connection security with basic authentication and SSL support.
- ↑ PositiveHacker News
Ttyd – Share your terminal over the web
“I think a better description is "ttyd allows you to use your web browser as a terminal emulator." The sharing part is what struck me. I think of that as multiplexing, and you'd still need tmux, screen, Zellij, etc. There actually is a tmux fork, tmate, that shares over the…”
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
ttyd 1.7.3 : How to support trzsz
“ttyd server command: ``` ttyd -w /root -t enableTrzsz=true -t enableSixel=true zsh ``` ttyd version:`ttyd version 1.7.3-a8cae75` There is a problem when I use it in the browser with 'trz'. ``` ➜ ~ trz The browser doesn't support the File System Access API ```”
galaxy-s10 · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You control Windows, macOS and Android devices remotely from the web browser or desktop client.
- Transfer files between connected devices, managing multiple screens in the same session.
- You configure remote desktop connections with custom device codes, connection passwords, and relay servers.
- • No published release
Verified against README · Oct 25, 2026 · source
Ocelot
80ThreeMammals · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You create a single point of entry combined for .NET based microservice systems.
- You convert HTTP requests via the ASP.NET Core intermediate software pipeline into sub-service requests.
- You direct incoming requests and returning responses according to the configuration rules.
- • NeutralHacker News
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released
“I was gutted that my Hardy Heron died two weeks before the release of Lucid. I swapped over to Debian, but use the LTS elsewhere. I treat other Ubuntus as Betas. I gave Ocelot a whirl this eve, and it's much better than my experience with the 10.04 netbook edition. The window…”
- • NeutralHacker News
Ask HN: What would you like to see in Ubuntu 11.10, Oneiric Ocelot?
“There is a tradition in Ubuntu community that Mark Shuttleworth will nickname the upcoming release. Remember that Ubuntu releases come out every 6 months and the numbers are YEAR.MONTH of the release. Ubuntu 10.04 was Lucid Lynx , released in April 2010 Ubuntu 10.10 was Maverick…”
Warpgate
100warp-tech · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You assign users to specific hosts within the network and URL with precision
- Record all sessions and then watch them live and replay them over the web interface
- You configure 2FA and SSO with TOTP and OpenID Connect support
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
Ansible connections using warpgate are slow
“I just noticed that when I use Ansible with Warpgate the playbook execution time is slower. ## Test setup I run a playbook against the host where warpgate is installed via systemd. For the authentication with Ansible I used the password login for warpgate. For the test without…”
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
Broken Pipe Issue with `scp` and other tools
“Hello, I originally imagined that I had found a speed issue, but it turned out that speed does not appear to have been the core problem. I am running the most recent release version 0.6.4. I attempted to provide example data by comparing direct SSH connections for file transfers…”
sshx
80ekzhang · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- By running a single command, you can share your terminal session with others.
- You can work together by resize and move windows on an unlimited canvas.
- Continuous integration (CI) can debug complex problems by running the tool in workflows.
- • NeutralHacker News
Show HN: Sshx, a web-based collaborative terminal
“The other comments make it fairly clear that this suspicion was unfounded but convinced people otherwise, and I have given a fair response to your comments. I of course appreciate you scrutinizing the application, and while the feedback was constructive, comments about the…”
- • NeutralHacker News
Show HN: Sshx, a web-based collaborative terminal
“I'm not sure about this criticism — the script is written to be as simple as possible and also has a comment about this if you do inspect it as you suggest. # This is a short script to install the latest version of the sshx binary. # # It's meant to be as simple as possible, so…”
MeshCentral
100Ylianst · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- By setting up your own server, you can manage computers on your network or connected to the Internet through the browser.
- You can provide remote desktop, terminal, and file access by installing toolware on target devices.
- Using MeshCentral Router, you can do port routing for TCP connections.
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
cloudflare issues: multiple attempts/black screen
“**Describe the bug** Clicking on the "Connect" button under "Desktop" or "Terminal" results in "Disconnected" approximately 9/10 times. Other times it will connect successfully. The disconnection is immediately shown after clicking "Connect". **To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce…”
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
Issue after reconnecting to MAC Sequoia
“After installing the newest agent via binary (since the mpkg version didn’t work), we connected to the computer and granted all the necessary permissions. However, after reconnecting to the Intel Mac running macOS 15.0, we encountered a black screen, with only limited cursor…”
xrdp
80neutrinolabs · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You connect to a remote Linux desktop using various clients such as FreeRDP, rdesktop, or Windows MSTSC.
- You manage remote resources with session resizing and bidirectional clipboard transfer features.
- You configure the RDP/VNC proxy function to connect to another RDP or VNC server.
- • NeutralHacker News
Xrdp: An open source RDP server
“So a long time ago I worked volunteer IT for a fan convention. This is roughly mid to late 2000s. Among many other things, I was constantly looking for ways to speed up the registration line. And rather than have reg workers type things in, one way I hit on was to have terminals…”
- ↑ PositiveHacker News
Xrdp: An open source RDP server
“If anyone wants to have a go at a “normal” end-to-end user experience, I have a Docker setup with Xrdp and audio enabled at that I poke at now and then, and loads of previous attempts at the same all over my GitHub (many of my “desktop app” containers have VNC, Xrdp or Guacamole…”
bfenetworks · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You manage incoming traffic through multiple protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2, and WebSocket.
- By defining content-based routing rules, you distribute requests to backend servers.
- With RESTful API and dashboard interface, you centrally manage system configurations.
easegress-io · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You direct incoming requests through HTTP, MQTT and QUIC protocols.
- You increase system durability with features such as circuit breakers and ratio limiters.
- You manage distributions with blue-green and canary strategies.
- • Website is unreachable (checked: 2026-10-31)
agentgateway · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You direct traffic to major providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and Bedrock with budget and spending controls over a single API.
- Through MCP and A2A protocols, you connect to LLM vehicles, providing talent discovery and mission collaboration.
- GPU use, KV cache, and queue depth based on Kubernetes based environments, making intelligent inference routing.
- ↓ NegativeHacker News
Istio 1.30.0 (Including Agentgateway)
“TBH, I actually hate this with a passion. It's a completely separate gateway product, and it even actively competes against Istio's own Envoy implementation. Leave it out and separate. If I want `agentgateway` (which we _do_) we'll deploy it on our own terms.”
webssh
55huashengdun · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You connect to SSH servers through the browser with a password or public keys of different types.
- You manage server operations by resizing the terminal window or switching to full-screen mode.
- You customize login information and terminal configurations through URL parameters.
- • Last update over 1 year ago
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
Terminal problems ($TERM, utf-8)
“On the server (connected directly through ssh using xterm as terminal): ``` $ locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 $ echo $TERM xterm-256-color $ echo -e '\xe2\x82\xac' € ``` Running webssh-1.4.5 like so: ``` $ wssh --port=7681 ``` Now after connecting through the browser to the same server:…”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
how to enable cross origin completely?
“There's an iframe in my local index.html,like this: ``` ``` I tried to add following code in both class IndexHandler and class WsockHandler: ``` def set_default_headers(self): self.set_header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*") self.set_header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers",…”
pomerium · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You gain access to web applications on the internal network without using a corporate virtual private network (VPN).
- You increase security by verifying each process and request before it is allowed.
- You make context-sensitive access integrations in accordance with the needs of your organization.
- • NeutralHacker News
Designing Smarter Health Checks for Pomerium
“Posting a coworker’s deep dive on the nuance of health checks that actually represent readiness. If you’ve had pods say "ready" while still failing traffic during rollouts, this will resonate. Happy to answer any questions about the finer points of readiness checks in Pomerium,…”
- ↓ NegativeHacker News
Pomerium v0.16 Is Live
“Pomerium is announcing the v0.16 release! This is a big release, and includes several new features: - Kubernetes Ingress Controller: You can now dynamically provision routes from Ingress resources and set policy based on annotations for Kubernetes workflows. - Desktop App: Power…”
openziti · Remote Access & VDI
Common commercial products in this category: TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop
- You can make web applications running on your local network accessible online.
- You can use them as a remote network drive by sharing folders on your computer.
- You can only share TCP or UDP-based services with certain users without opening them to the general internet.
- • NeutralHacker News
Zrok: Open-source peer to peer
“I am writing some comparisons to other tech incl. Nebula, its not publicly published yet, but I can give a few bullets. WRT to performance, better to compare OpenZiti to Nebula rather than zrok, we did some last year - . A few points of comparison: - Nebula is focused on…”
- ↑ PositiveHacker News
Zrok: Open-source peer to peer
“This is the thing. I used it for debugging stripe and AWS SNS webhooks a bunch last year. However, ngrok totally lost its soul in the past few years. It looks like the pricing was lowered again recently, but for a while there they had no “personal” or ~indie priced plan.…”