Remota: the mRemoteNG alternative for Linux I always wanted — so we built it
We were tired of juggling a wall of terminal tabs on Linux — so we built our own remote connection manager, and open-sourced it. 🐧
Meet Remota — a free, open-source, multi-protocol remote connection manager for Linux.
If you've ever wished for "mRemoteNG for Linux," this is it. mRemoteNG is a beloved Windows tool with no Linux version — Remota brings that tabbed, folder-organized, multi-protocol workflow to Linux as a fast, native app.
What it does 👇
🖥️ SSH and RDP (with NLA/CredSSP — screen, keyboard/mouse, clipboard, dynamic resolution) in one tabbed window. VNC and Telnet on the way.
🗂️ Organize hundreds of hosts in folders with drag-and-drop and custom icons.
🔑 Credential inheritance — set a username, SSH key or jump host on a folder and everything inside inherits it.
🔒 A local encrypted vault (AES-256-GCM + Argon2id) — your secrets never leave your machine.
🛡️ Jump hosts (SSH ProxyJump) to reach private hosts through a bastion.
🌐 Reach machines behind NAT through your OWN self-hosted relay — a private alternative to AnyDesk / remote.it / RustDesk, with no third-party cloud.
📥 Import your existing setup straight from mRemoteNG.
Under the hood 🔧
Built with Rust + Tauri + React (a small native binary, not a bundled browser). RDP via IronRDP, SSH via russh, VNC via noVNC. Licensed AGPLv3. Linux x86_64 — .deb, .rpm and AppImage.
100% open source. 100% self-hosted. Your data, your servers, no vendor in the middle.
⭐ Star it, try it, and tell us what to build next — every bug report and feature request shapes the roadmap (our full RDP support shipped straight from a community issue).
Download & code 👉 https://github.com/privum-cloud/remota
Releases (.deb / .rpm / AppImage) 👉 https://github.com/privum-cloud/remota/releases
Agent for reaching machines behind NAT 👉 https://github.com/privum-cloud/remota-client
Built with ❤️ in Italy by the team at Privum Cloud → https://privum.cloud
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