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Xpra

Screen for X, persistent remote applications

Remote Access & VPN ★ 3k stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

Xpra is an open-source tool that runs remote X11 applications and full desktops, keeping them persistent and accessible from anywhere including via HTML5 in a browser. It is often called screen for X.

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Key features

  • Persistent remote apps
  • HTML5 browser client
  • Audio and clipboard forwarding
  • Seamless windows

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Active community (3k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Python
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

Is Xpra secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Xpra's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

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

Xpra replaces

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