catalog · 3 tools

Remote Desktop Clients

Sorted by GitHub stars, which measures attention rather than fitness. Read the release date and the commit count next to it before picking one.

Tool	What it is	License	Stars	Last release	Commits 3mo
Tiger VNC High-performance, multi-platform VNC client and server. GPL-2.0 · released 2026-03-26	High-performance, multi-platform VNC client and server.	GPL-2.0	7,466	v1.16.22026-03-26	110
Remmina Feature-rich remote desktop application for linux and other unixes. GPL-2.0 · released 2026-02-20	Feature-rich remote desktop application for linux and other unixes.	GPL-2.0	903	v1.4.432026-02-20	n/a
X2go X2Go is an open source remote desktop software for Linux that uses the NoMachine/NX technology protocol. GPL-2.0 · released unknown	X2Go is an open source remote desktop software for Linux that uses the NoMachine/NX technology protocol.	GPL-2.0	n/a	n/ano date	n/a

Tool

Stars

High-performance, multi-platform VNC client and server.

GPL-2.0 · released 2026-03-26

7,466

Feature-rich remote desktop application for linux and other unixes.

GPL-2.0 · released 2026-02-20

903

X2Go is an open source remote desktop software for Linux that uses the NoMachine/NX technology protocol.

GPL-2.0 · released unknown

n/a

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