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13 Best Free and Open Source Remote Desktop Servers

This article examines the best free Linux remote desktop servers.

Apache Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway. It supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH.

FreeRDP is a free and open source implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license.

A sound system is software that manages the use of and access to audio devices (usually a sound card). It commonly runs as a background process.

XMPP (also known as Jabber) is an open and free alternative to commercial messaging and chat providers. We select the best servers.

jabberd 2.x project is the next generation of the jabberd project. It’s rewritten from the ground up to be scalable, architecturally sound.

Metronome is a XMPP instant messaging server, based on the latest approved RFC standards.

Prosody is a modern XMPP communication server. It aims to be easy to set up and configure, and efficient with system resources.

MongooseIM is a mobile messaging platform with focus on performance and scalability.

Openfire is a real time collaboration (RTC) server. It uses the only widely adopted open protocol for instant messaging, XMPP.