rustdesk

    rustdesk/rustdesk

    An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.

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    About rustdesk

    RustDesk - Your remote desktop
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    RustDesk Server Pro

    Yet another remote desktop solution, written in Rust. Works out of the box with no configuration required. You have full control of your data, with no concerns about security. You can use our rendezvous/relay server, set up your own, or write your own rendezvous/relay server.

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    RustDesk welcomes contribution from everyone. See CONTRIBUTING.md for help getting started.

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    Dependencies

    Desktop versions use Flutter or Sciter (deprecated) for GUI, this tutorial is for Sciter only, since it is easier and more friendly to start. Check out our CI for building Flutter version.

    Please download Sciter dynamic library yourself.

    Windows | Linux | macOS

    Raw Steps to build

    • Prepare your Rust development env and C++ build env

    • Install vcpkg, and set VCPKG_ROOT env variable correctly

      • Windows: vcpkg install libvpx:x64-windows-static libyuv:x64-windows-static opus:x64-windows-static aom:x64-windows-static
      • Linux/macOS: vcpkg install libvpx libyuv opus aom
    • run cargo run

    Build

    How to Build on Linux

    Ubuntu 18 (Debian 10)

    sudo apt install -y zip g++ gcc git curl wget nasm yasm libgtk-3-dev clang libxcb-randr0-dev libxdo-dev \
            libxfixes-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev cmake make \
            libclang-dev ninja-build libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libpam0g-dev
    

    openSUSE Tumbleweed

    sudo zypper install gcc-c++ git curl wget nasm yasm gcc gtk3-devel clang libxcb-devel libXfixes-devel cmake alsa-lib-devel gstreamer-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel xdotool-devel pam-devel
    

    Fedora 28 (CentOS 8)

    sudo yum -y install gcc-c++ git curl wget nasm yasm gcc gtk3-devel clang libxcb-devel libxdo-devel libXfixes-devel pulseaudio-libs-devel cmake alsa-lib-devel gstreamer1-devel gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel pam-devel
    

    Arch (Manjaro)

    sudo pacman -Syu --needed unzip git cmake gcc curl wget yasm nasm zip make pkg-config clang gtk3 xdotool libxcb libxfixes alsa-lib pipewire
    

    Install vcpkg

    git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
    cd vcpkg
    git checkout 2023.04.15
    cd ..
    vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
    export VCPKG_ROOT=$HOME/vcpkg
    vcpkg/vcpkg install libvpx libyuv opus aom
    

    Fix libvpx (For Fedora)

    cd vcpkg/buildtrees/libvpx/src
    cd *
    ./configure
    sed -i 's/CFLAGS+=-I/CFLAGS+=-fPIC -I/g' Makefile
    sed -i 's/CXXFLAGS+=-I/CXXFLAGS+=-fPIC -I/g' Makefile
    make
    cp libvpx.a $HOME/vcpkg/installed/x64-linux/lib/
    cd
    

    Build

    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
    source $HOME/.cargo/env
    git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk
    cd rustdesk
    mkdir -p target/debug
    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/c-smile/sciter-sdk/master/bin.lnx/x64/libsciter-gtk.so
    mv libsciter-gtk.so target/debug
    VCPKG_ROOT=$HOME/vcpkg cargo run
    

    How to build with Docker

    Begin by cloning the repository and building the Docker container:

    git clone https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk
    cd rustdesk
    git submodule update --init --recursive
    docker build -t "rustdesk-builder" .
    

    Then, each time you need to build the application, run the following command:

    docker run --rm -it -v $PWD:/home/user/rustdesk -v rustdesk-git-cache:/home/user/.cargo/git -v rustdesk-registry-cache:/home/user/.cargo/registry -e PUID="$(id -u)" -e PGID="$(id -g)" rustdesk-builder
    

    Note that the first build may take longer before dependencies are cached, subsequent builds will be faster. Additionally, if you need to specify different arguments to the build command, you may do so at the end of the command in the <OPTIONAL-ARGS> position. For instance, if you wanted to build an optimized release version, you would run the command above followed by --release. The resulting executable will be available in the target folder on your system, and can be run with:

    target/debug/rustdesk
    

    Or, if you're running a release executable:

    target/release/rustdesk
    

    Please ensure that you run these commands from the root of the RustDesk repository, or the application may not find the required resources. Also note that other cargo subcommands such as install or run are not currently supported via this method as they would install or run the program inside the container instead of the host.

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