Apache Guacamole

Clientless remote desktop gateway in your browser

Remote Access & VPN ★ 4k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Apache Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway that supports RDP, VNC, and SSH entirely through a web browser. No plugins or client software are required.

Key features

  • Browser-based remote desktop
  • RDP, VNC, and SSH support
  • No client software
  • Session recording

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (4k GitHub stars)
  • Written in C

Is Apache Guacamole secure?

OSV.dev lists 13 published advisories for Apache Guacamole. It doesn't publish GitHub releases we can match, so we can't say which of them apply to the current version. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2024-35164, published 2025-07-02 (469 days ago), fixed in 1.6.0

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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