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Is it possible to self-host RustDesk completely for free?
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this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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My recommendation to many newcomers:
Setup Yunohost, which gives you a custom Debian-based OS that's easy to deploy tested builds, like Rustdesk. You can configure your Domain info, DNS, etc pretty easily, and if you decide, a dynamic domain or Porkbun (cuz is cheap plus free private WHOIS and SSL certs).
Yes, a small learning curve, but easier than building from Docker when you know nothing about Docker nor have the time to learn. I can fumble through a UI, I can't fumble with commands or code that I don't instinctively know. Others who day "just take the time to learn Docker"... But I've got 2 jobs, kids and their activities, pets, and other hobbies, so not much time for other stuff.
yunohost is awesome. The only reason I don’t still use it is because I use command line and containers daily already, so I’m genuinely faster that way. I recommend yunohost to friends and I’d go back to it if I already didn’t have a clean, particular way to set up things in my homelab.
There is also motivation and energy from other severely draining, external problems. Thanks, I had never heard of Yunohost before.
100 percent agree. Yunohost or runtipi are easy ways to get into hosting