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 7.4k GitHub stars
- Written in HTML
Is MeshCentral secure?
No known vulnerabilities affect MeshCentral's latest release (1.2.6). OSV.dev lists 5 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.
- Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-66420, published 2026-07-30 (76 days ago)
Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.
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