About

RemoteAppClient is free software under the MIT License, written by v1k70rk4 for fleets of Windows machines that need a self-hosted way in.

TightVNC

The desktop capture and encoding are not implemented here. TightVNC does that work as a separate process; RemoteAppClient provides the control plane, enrollment, tunnel orchestration, security model, fleet UI and update workflow around it.

The repository does not commit the TightVNC binary. deploy/fetch-tightvnc.sh downloads a pinned version, verifies its SHA-256 and also downloads the corresponding source archive for GPL compliance. TightVNC remains under its own GPLv2 licence; RemoteAppClient interacts with it as an installed external program and MSI package.

The console's About page: connection, server, and the versions of the components on this device.

Use it on your own machines

Use RemoteAppClient only on systems you own or are explicitly authorized to administer. The consent prompt, the locks a device's user can set, the audit log and the branding that names the owner on every prompt are there so the people at the devices know who is looking.

Support

If RemoteAppClient saves you time, you can support its development on Ko-fi. Bugs and ideas go to the issues.