wayst vs x11vnc

wayst

A simple terminal emulator (by 91861)

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x11vnc

a VNC server for real X displays (by LibVNC)

Vnc vnc-server X11 Wayland

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wayst		x11vnc
	Project
2	Mentions	3
272	Stars	659
-	Growth	2.1%
7.4	Activity	2.7
about 2 months ago	Latest Commit	4 months ago
C	Language	C
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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wayst

Posts with mentions or reviews of wayst. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-12.

Wayst – Simple terminal emulator for Wayland and X11
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Sep 2023
What terminal emulator do you use?
13 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 12 Apr 2021

wayst — Simple terminal emulator for Wayland and X11 with OpenGL rendering and minimal dependencies https://github.com/91861/wayst

x11vnc

Posts with mentions or reviews of x11vnc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-16.

VNC server with remote system's screen, keyboard and mouse locked while connected?
2 projects | /r/linux4noobs | 16 Feb 2023

I also found the x11vnc project but it seems abandoned https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc
Recommended remote desktop software
3 projects | /r/linux4noobs | 12 Aug 2022

If you want to use Xorg more directly, x11vnc is a server that might be for you.
Ubuntu: lokale Session remote übernehmen
1 project | /r/de_EDV | 15 Aug 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing wayst and x11vnc you can also consider the following projects:

zutty - X terminal emulator rendering through OpenGL ES Compute Shaders

wayvnc - A VNC server for wlroots based Wayland compositors

terminal - :rocket: Terminal

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

alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. [Moved to: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty]

droidVNC-NG - VNC server app for Android that does not require root privileges.

waybox - An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP)

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

devour - X11 window swallower

Open and cheap DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi - Open and inexpensive DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi

tmux - tmux source code

linux-extend-screen - Turn your Android tablet into a second monitor on Linux (extend screen)