rdesktop:
A Remote Desktop Protocol Client
for accessing Windows Terminal Services
Status
Download
Mailing Lists
Documentation Professional Services
Overview
rdesktop is an open source client for Windows Terminal Services, capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in order to present the user's Windows desktop. Supported servers include Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows NT Server 4.0.rdesktop currently runs on most UNIX based platforms with the X Window System, and other ports should be fairly straightforward.
rdesktop is released under the GNU Public Licence (GPL). Please send feedback, bug reports and patches to the appropriate mailing list. Patches can also be submitted to the SF patch tracker.
rdesktop is a
project.
See the
Sourceforge
rdesktop project info for more information.
Status
The latest stable version of rdesktop is 1.6.0. This version is recommended for all sites as it resolves a potential security vulnerability as well as a number of bugs.Download
Stable versions
rdesktop 1.6.0:Source (278 KB)
rdesktop 1.5.0:
Source (239 KB)
rdesktop 1.4.1:
Source (211 KB)
rdesktop 1.3.1:
Source (133 KB)
rdesktop 1.2.0:
Source (123 KB)
SeamlessRDP server component
A SeamlessRDP server extension is available to support integration of individual applications with the client desktop. Precompiled binaries are available from Cendio.Development versions (CVS)
See the CVS instructions. Note that the CVS version may be intermittently unstable while new features are developed.Mailing Lists
We have migrated our mailinglists to SourceForge - click here for the available mailing lists.The archives of the old mailing list are available at http://www.rdesktop.org/old-archive/
Documentation
The rdesktop file releases contain documentation on the program.The RDP protocol itself is essentially an extension of the ITU-T T.128 (aka T.SHARE) application sharing protocol. Microsoft has recently made RDP specifications openly available via the MSDN library.
Professional Services
Professional services, such as custom development, is offered by the following companies:- Cendio AB (Sweden)
- Cranberry (UK)
- AOE media GmbH (Germany)
