noVNC VS rathole

Compare noVNC vs rathole and see what are their differences.

rathole

A lightweight and high-performance reverse proxy for NAT traversal, written in Rust. An alternative to frp and ngrok. (by rapiz1)
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noVNC rathole
13 56
10,919 7,636
1.8% -
7.6 6.6
5 days ago 14 days ago
JavaScript Rust
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later Apache License 2.0
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noVNC

Posts with mentions or reviews of noVNC. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-16.
  • Remote connect tool
    5 projects | /r/selfhosted | 16 Apr 2023
    I setup tigervnc server on both my linux and windows machinces , then use websockify and noVNC to access them whenever i want through my web browser. you can follow readme of novnc here. If other pcs are on a seperate network or behind a NAT i suggest using frp hosted on a vps (That is what i did) .
  • Web browser remote desktop...?
    2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 7 Mar 2023
  • how to run Kali linux in-browser
    1 project | /r/Kalilinux | 5 Jan 2023
  • How does pwnbox work?
    1 project | /r/hackthebox | 22 Nov 2022
    The rfb.js can be found on the official noVNC Repo and the file HTB uses includes the appropriate credit, so they're definitely not trying to seal credit or anything (RFP is the protocol behind VNC). Most interestingly is how well the flow is between the browser session and the normal host desktop; mostly how seamless copy/paste is. NoVNC has a tab on the left that handles all the config and controls, as well as how it does copy/paste. There's some snazzy lines in vnc.min.js that take care of it, but I'll leave that dissection as an exercise to the reader (or if y'all want, I can dive into that one as well).
  • Looking for Proxmox inspiration (more details in comment)
    5 projects | /r/selfhosted | 22 Sep 2022
    How about noVNC, MeshCentral, or myrtille?
  • Alternatives to Remote Desktop
    3 projects | /r/degoogle | 6 May 2022
    noVNC https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/ works really well even in limited setup (through proxies, VPN, no client install env, etc). Pretty easy to setup on Linux machines, elsewhere I don't know.
  • Is there a Wayland-friendly method of controlling my PC with my phone?
    3 projects | /r/swaywm | 10 Apr 2022
    I use wayvnc (VNC server for wl-roots based WMs) together with novnc (VNC client which allows web connections via browser). both would run on the computer. This allows any device with a decent browser to control the computer.
  • noVNC and require.js
    1 project | /r/JavaScriptHelp | 23 Mar 2022
    git clone https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/ cd noVNC npm update node ./utils/use_require.js --as amd --clean
  • Introducing Rainway: Interactive App Streaming for Everyone
    2 projects | /r/programming | 25 Jan 2022
    I wonder how this compares to NoVNC, which is an opensource browser based VNC
  • Why HTTP streaming upload matters on Web browser
    4 projects | dev.to | 10 Nov 2021
    Here is VNC over HTTP. VNC is for remote control. VNC client is complete in web browser powered by noVNC project. The application below also provides E2E encryption using openssl aes-256-ctr-command-compatible way which encrypts streamingly.

rathole

Posts with mentions or reviews of rathole. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-08.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing noVNC and rathole you can also consider the following projects:

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

searxng - SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.

docker-guacamole - A self-contained guacamole docker container for x64 and ARM. Remotely connect over SSH, RDP or VNC using HTML5.

frp-flyapp - Fast reverse proxy on fly.io

guacamole-client - Mirror of Apache Guacamole Client

ngrok-c - ngrok client for c language,Due to the use of GO ngrok language development, porting to embedded devices some inconvenience, such as openwrt, so use C language rewrite a client. Very mini, the need to support polarssl library.

xterm.js - A terminal for the web

sish - HTTP(S)/WS(S)/TCP Tunnels to localhost using only SSH.

wayvnc - A VNC server for wlroots based Wayland compositors

netbird - Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network with SSO/MFA and simple access controls.

websockify - Websockify is a WebSocket to TCP proxy/bridge. This allows a browser to connect to any application/server/service.

awesome-tunneling - List of ngrok/Cloudflare Tunnel alternatives and other tunneling software and services. Focus on self-hosting.