The best open source Remote Desktop RDP App for MacOS, iPhone and iPad. With external keyboard and mouse support. For Windows, Ubuntu 22.04, XRDP. SSH Tunneling Support.
Thank you for supporting my work and GPL open-source software by buying aRDP Pro!
If you are unhappy, please don't give us a bad review, instead, request a refund and get in touch by email support _at_ morpheusly _dot_ com:
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/118223
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If aRDP doesn't work for you or you're unhappy, please do not ask for help in a review but do post your question in the forum:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bvnc-ardp-aspice-opaque-remote-desktop-clients
Windows Instructions
- Enabling Remote Desktop on Windows:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/remote-desktop-allow-access
- Optionally, for much improved security aRDP Pro supports SSH tunnelling.
- To enable OpenSSH on Windows: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse
Linux Instructions
- Requires Ubuntu 22.04+
NOTE: If failing to connect, try disabling "Request Remote Resolution Requests" from Advanced Settings
https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/sharing-desktop.html
- Xrdp on any supported Linux Distribution
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-enable-remote-desktop-protocol-using-xrdp-on-ubuntu-22-04
Report bugs:
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/issues
aRDP is a secure, SSH capable, open source RDP protocol client that uses FreeRDP open-source library. Its features include:
- Remote control of Windows and Linux computers using the RDP protocol
- Support for Ubuntu and Kubuntu 22.04+
- Simulated Touchpad and two Direct input touch modes to choose from
- RDP Gateway support
- RDP Config File support (.rdp extension)
- Custom Scaling
- Audio support
- External keyboard support
- External mouse support
- Magic Trackpad support
- Multi-language support
- Multi-keyboard layout support - choose your keyboard layout while setting up the connection
- Multi-touch control over the remote mouse. One finger tap left-clicks, two-finger tap right-clicks, and three-finger tap middle-clicks
- Right and middle-dragging if you don't lift the first finger that tapped
- Scrolling with a two-finger drag
- Pinch-zooming
- SSH tunnelling for added security or to reach machines behind a firewall.
- SSH public/private (pubkey) support
- Full rotation support. Use the central lock rotation on your device to disable rotation
- Full desktop visibility even with soft keyboard extended
- Dynamic resolution changes, allowing you to reconfigure your desktop while connected
- UI Optimizations for different screen sizes (for tablets and smartphones)
- On-screen Ctrl, Alt, Tab, Super, Shift, Del, PageUp, PageDown, Function and Arrow keys
- Available on-device help on creating a new connection in the Menu when setting up connections
- Clipboard integration for copy/pasting from your device
- Various RDP Session customization options
GPL source code here:
https://gitlab.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients-ios
After spending half a day downloading every screen-sharing app I could find (many that I had to pay for), I finally found one that would work with Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop Sharing! It will both connect/authenticate (only one other app would even do that), and it displays the desktop screen without any glitches (the other app that could connect was unusably distorted and would only control the top left of the screen). Judging from this app's changelog, Ubuntu compatibility might have been a pretty recent addition? In any case, it is one I am very grateful for!
Developer Response
Than you for the excellent feedback! Yes, all remaining issues with Ubuntu 22+ connectivity were recently ironed out, and I was looking forward to happy users sharing their experience :).
Copy paste with rdp
Lanboy777
copy paste with standard keyboard Doesn't work. works fine otherwise. show stopper for me. for this reason unfortunately cannot recommended.
Developer Response
EDIT: The app supports copy/paste integration. You may have been hoping to copy in Windows with Cmd-c, something that will not work on windows. Either right-click and select Copy or find out the right combination of keys for the application you are using. It's usually Ctrl-c, sometimes it's Ctrl-Shift-c, could be something else.Hi Lanboy, I wish you had gotten in touch to report this issue to us before giving up on the app. If you do, perchance read this response, please email us at support@morpheusly.com, we'll add you to the Beta and fix the issue for you. We are eager to work out all such issues with the app!
9.99$ for endless crashes
bireberus
after every reboot the app stops working at all. Ignore... Report...It's just stops working at all.added: i've m2. there's no way i need x86
Developer Response
Endless crashes ended when I released Silicon version a while back. Great feedback, though!
Doesn’t work on iPad to Ubuntu
rockinride
Works fine on Android refuses to connect in iOS.
Developer Response
EDIT: Could you kindly retest and update your review?
60
- Layout improvements for smallest screens
- Re-added keyboard icon to Extended Keyboard Accessory view
- Improvements to external keyboard detection
- Import/Export Settings
- Auto-adjustable connection grid
- Sorting connections
- Menu to organize functionality on the main page
- Pinch-zoom follows fingers
59
- Fix for screenshots
- Support showing title bar
- Keyboard layout improvements
- Physical keyboard handling improvements
58
- New Extended Keyboard Accessory replacing the on-screen keys
- New Translations
- Hardware Keyboard support improvements
57
- Input validation on address and ports
- Bugfix for saving new connections when navigating away to Help screen
- Menu item improvements
- Support quitting app with Cmd-Q when not connected
- Enabled Protocol Optimizations and cache
- Exposed a toggle for Gfx H264 Graphics Pipeline Extension
56
- Bugfixes
- Improved KDE RDP server compatibility
54
- UI Improvements for light theme
- Scroll sensitivity slider
Version 60
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Information
Seller
iordan iordanov
Size
18.3 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English and 4 more
English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
