GUguerby·Mar 30, 2024
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MeshCentral
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Ylianst / MeshCentral
MeshCentral
A complete web-based remote monitoring and management web site. Once setup you can install agents and perform remote desktop session to devices on the local network or over the Internet.
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What it is
A complete web-based remote monitoring and management web site. Once setup you can install agents and perform remote desktop session to devices on the local network or over the Internet.
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| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
8 sourcesThere's also the great MeshCentral https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral
In FreeRDP: A remote desktop protocol implementationMeshCentral
https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral
“This is a full computer management web site. With MeshCentral, you can run your own web server and it to remotely manage and control computers on a local network or anywhere on the internet. Once you get the server started, will create a mesh (a group of computers) and then download and install a mesh agent on each computer you want to manage. A…”
In Ask HN: Which open source versions of SaaS products would you like to see?MeshCentral is really good and open-source https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral
It pairs well with Tactical RMM https://github.com/wh1te909/tacticalrmm
In Show HN: P2P remote desktop – an alternative to TeamViewer / AnyDeskmeshcentral is another nice free software for remote desktop and more:
https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral
https://twitter.com/MeshCentral
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJWz607A8EVlkilzcrb-GKg
Disclaimer: we installed meshcentral for enabling student access to regular physical desktops machine during COVID19
In Apache Guacamolemeshcentral is pretty nice open source software for remote access multi platform:
https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral
It has a free instance here
https://meshcentral.com/info/
In Zero-Trust RDP and SSH Access to VMs on Google CloudMeshCentral – Free, opensource, selfhosted, full computer management web site
2 points · Open discussionAnother less well-known free software for remote access:
https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral
Developped by Intel for AMT/vPro management but works also as a remote desktop in the browser.
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