Remmina VS FreeRDP

Compare Remmina vs FreeRDP and see what are their differences.

Remmina

Mirror of https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina The GTK+ Remmina Remote Desktop Client (by FreeRDP)

FreeRDP

FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients (by FreeRDP)
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Remmina FreeRDP
49 66
2,105 9,970
1.1% 3.2%
9.5 9.9
1 day ago 6 days ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only Apache License 2.0
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Remmina

Posts with mentions or reviews of Remmina. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-28.

FreeRDP

Posts with mentions or reviews of FreeRDP. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.
  • Windows App Virtualization
    2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 11 Dec 2023
    #======================================================================== # NAME: run1in.sh # # PURPOSE: # # Login to Windows and Execute a Remote App to display on your # Linux Desktop using the Linux application called "freerdp" with: # # Since we are "localized" (Host to Container on the Host) we ignore # (re "don't use" RDP normal "certificate" authentication. # #------------------------------------------------------------- # xfreerdp command line options used are: # # (bpp:32) 32 bits per pixel (ie display resolution) # # a dynamic remote desktop "window" that's can be # resized/minimized/maximized on your Linux Desktop # # There are 2 Prerequisites for use of this script: # # 1) You have installed freerdp on your Linux Host # $ sudo apt install freerdp2-x11 -y # -or- # $ sudo apt install freerdp2-wayland -y # # 2) You have created a folder named "shared-folder" on your Linux # Host # example: $ mkdir /home/yourID/shared-folder # # You will use that folder to for exchange of files to/from your # Linux "/home/yourID/shared-folder" and the "Windows" system # you are connecting to! # # On Windows you have to click on "Network" to see the # "shared-folder" to copy/cut&paste/rename files to/from your # Linux Host's "shared-folder" /home/yourID/shared-folder # # Enable use of Clipboard to/from Windows and the Linux Host # # Enable Sound using currently utilizing Pulseaudio on the Linux Host as # neither XRDP or freerdp support/implement Pipewire yet. # # On login to Windows execute the Explorer.exe application which you had # previously setup as a Windows "Remote App" using Kim Knight's awesome # "RemoteAppTool" Windows native application (its on Github). # # On xfreerdp login to Windows the "Remote App".. Window's "Explorer.exe" # will start-up and be presented to the Linux Desktop User as # just another Linux Desktop application's "window". So you will see # Window's "Explorer.exe" presented which you can resize, minimize or # maximize --- or copy files to/from Windows & your Linux Host # /home/yourID/shared-folder # #--------- # NOTE #--------- # There are many more "xfreerdp" command options available: # # see: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki/CommandLineInterface # # One in particular is can be very useful: # "printer:," : Redirect a specific printer from your # Linux Host to your xfreerdp Windows Desktop "session" so you can print # from Windows to your local Linux attached Printer. #========================================================================
  • FreeRDP: A Remote Desktop Protocol Implementation
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Sep 2023
  • ⟳ 4 apps added, 121 updated at f-droid.org
    24 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 15 Sep 2023
    aFreeRDP (version 2.11.0): FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol client
  • Windows Server Admin Center
    2 projects | /r/sysadmin | 5 Jun 2023
    Our Linux and Mac users have long used RDP to log into Windows. That's largely obsolete, so the plan is for the remaining Windows to be Infrastructure-as-Code via DSC.
  • RDP Server for Mac? Looking for a way to control my MAC from my Windows machine (No VNC)
    3 projects | /r/MacOS | 9 May 2023
    For Linux there is XRDP as well as FreeRDP https://www.freerdp.com both open sourced recreations of the original RDP standard and available for Operating Systems like Linux.
  • Windows RDP and Microsoft active X issues on widows 11.
    2 projects | /r/sysadmin | 13 Apr 2023
    FreeRDP has it's own RDP implementation; you can get Windows binaries here (click arch=win64 or arch=win32, and you'll get a list of downloads – you just need wfreerdp.exe).
    2 projects | /r/sysadmin | 13 Apr 2023
    Note that the program must be configured entirely through command line, and unfortunately the documentation isn't great; you can get list of all supported command-line options by running wfreerdp.exe > wfreerdp.txt from command prompt.
  • How do I use my surface as a graphics tablet or monitor?
    2 projects | /r/SurfaceLinux | 11 Mar 2023
    Interestingly, the RDP protocol does have support for sending stylus pressure but FreeRDP does not implement the client end (and I assume other linux RDP clients don't either).
  • Self-Hosted Desktop and GUI Application Containers Launched Instantly and Delivered to Your Browser with Kasm Workspaces - New Release 1.12: Windows RDP Workspaces / Gamepad Passthrough / Steaming Improvements / Updated UI
    22 projects | /r/selfhosted | 21 Dec 2022
    It's not quite as fast as it gets, as it still (years later) doesn't support the UDP protocol option: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/4978
  • Xpra: Multi-platform screen and application forwarding system for x11
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Oct 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Remmina and FreeRDP you can also consider the following projects:

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

rustdesk - An open-source remote desktop, and alternative to TeamViewer.

xrdp - xrdp: an open source RDP server

Remmina

KasmVNC - Modern VNC Server and client, web based and secure

rdpwrap - RDP Wrapper Library

wayvnc - A VNC server for wlroots based Wayland compositors

libvncserver - LibVNCServer/LibVNCClient are cross-platform C libraries that allow you to easily implement VNC server or client functionality in your program.

xpra - Persistent remote applications for X11; screen sharing for X11, MacOS and MSWindows.

mRemoteNG - mRemoteNG is the next generation of mRemote, open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager.

Bring - Remote control library for the Apache Guacamole protocol (RDP/VNC)

LibSSH-ESP32 - Libssh SSH client & server port to ESP32 Arduino library