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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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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.
Totally not the software your asking about, but Remotely worked really well when I needed to help out the mother-in-law (https://github.com/immense/Remotely).
Take a look at TightVNC
Ah, yeah, I forgot about that... I had tried it on Winblows and couldn't get it to work, but maybe it'll be better on Linux! Thanks for the reminder.