RemoteAccessApp is now on Linux

RemoteAccessApp for Linux includes the Agent (so this PC can be reached) and the Console (to reach your other PCs), in one package, as on Windows. The Agent speaks the same language as the Windows one, so everything on your side works with it straight away: the website in any browser, and the RemoteAccessApp Console on Windows or Linux.

• The desktop, live. See the screen and use the mouse and keyboard, with several monitors supported, on X11 and Wayland desktops alike.
• The same consent rules. Allow remote access? before anything is shared, a banner with an End button during every session, and a switch to make it view-only.
• Unattended access for your own Linux PCs, switched on at the PC, for consoles it trusts. The PC stays awake while you're connected, and if it's locked you can unlock it with its Linux password. More on that in Linux remote desktop that keeps working when the screen locks.
• One-time help codes. Someone on Linux chooses Get help (one-time code), reads you the code, and clicks Allow.
• A bash terminal, in a session or without one, with the same Allow rules as everything else.
• Processes, systemd services and the journal in the Console's tools.
• Chat both ways, files, clipboard (text and pictures) and, with Pro, sound from PulseAudio or PipeWire. See how to transfer files to and from a Linux PC for the file side.
• The Console for Linux: nearly everything the Windows Console has. Your PCs on its Devices page, live sessions, files, chat and the terminal, your saved SSH, SFTP, VNC and Remote Desktop hosts, teams, the management views, Help someone and the settings. That means you can control a Windows PC from Linux as well.
• Signed updates, checked against the signed release before they install.

On the Linux PC, open the download page. It offers a .deb for Ubuntu, Debian, Mint and other distributions that use apt, and a .tar.gz with an install script for the rest, which can install just for you without sudo. Open RemoteAccessApp Agent from your app menu, type the 6-digit code from Add a PC, and you're done. To reach your other PCs, open RemoteAccessApp, the Console, and sign in. The install guide has every step, and the help article on RemoteAccessApp on Linux also covers fixing connection problems and uninstalling.

RemoteAccessApp for Linux works on desktops running on X11 (Xorg) and on Wayland, such as Ubuntu's default GNOME desktop. There's nothing to choose: the same package works on both.

On Wayland, the desktop itself asks once before it shares the screen. The first time someone connects, its Remote Desktop dialog appears at the PC: turn on Allow Remote Interaction, keep Remember This Selection ticked and click Share. After that it's remembered, and unattended access works with nobody at the PC. You can also do it ahead of time: see how to approve screen sharing once on Ubuntu (Wayland). A Wayland desktop that can't share its screen with apps is the exception: the Agent says so, and an Xorg session from the login screen works there. We wrote up what X11 and Wayland change for remote desktop if you'd like the details.

A Linux PC is simply one of your PCs. The free plan covers up to 5 of them, Windows and Linux together, with 3 open at once, and Pro adds unlimited PCs, sound and every monitor, as it does on Windows. Nothing about consent changes: the person at the Linux PC is asked first, sees a banner the whole time, and can end it with one click. For what a mixed home or office looks like day to day, read one app for your Windows and Linux PCs.

Where to go next: remote desktop for Linux has the overview, and the guides cover Ubuntu, controlling Linux from Windows, unattended access and helping someone on Linux. If something doesn't work on your distribution, tell us at [email protected]. That's how we'll know where to look next.