MeshCentral
Full remote management and remote desktop web platform
MeshCentral is a self-hosted, web-based remote management platform that provides remote desktop, terminal, file transfer, and device management. It supports thousands of agents.
Key features
- Web-based remote desktop
- Device fleet management
- File transfer and terminal
- Wake-on-LAN support
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 7k GitHub stars
- Written in HTML
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