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Is it possible to self-host RustDesk completely for free? (programming.dev)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I thought self-hosting requires, like, paid ownership of a website or something. I don't think I've ever self-hosted before and am lost with its guide.

My primary concern is RustDesk's warning about possibly shutting down its free self-hosting because of bot abuse, despite now requiring GitHub accounts. There seems to be nothing even remotely close to RustDesk, except possibly HopToDesk, which I heard is a fork of an older version or something.

It'd be nice to be able to keep this going just in case. Or are there free, E2EE servers out there that anyone knows of?

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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Which features do you use?

I mainly used it to connect to machines using SSH, RDP and for port-forwarding.

Now I am using Netbird and am able to perform these actions.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I'm just a simpleton helping a couple of boomers periodically navigate their own computers and install software. We're not even 10% as complex as what it sounds like you're doing, haha. That is cool, though; I hadn't heard of Netbird.

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