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Guacozy vs Next Terminal

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted remote access & vpn options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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GU Guacozy Cozy Guacamole-based remote-access connection manager VS NE Next Terminal Self-hosted SSH bastion with web terminal and audit
FeatureGuacozyNext Terminal
Deploy effortUnder-an-hour setupUnder-an-hour setup
Health score6 · At risk90 · Excellent
CategoryRemote Access & VPNRemote Access & VPN
LicenseMITApache-2.0
LanguagePythonTypeScript
Setup difficultyMediumMedium
Min. RAM512 MB512 MB
Deploymentdockerdocker
GitHub stars★ 197★ 5,646
First released20202020
ReplacesApache GuacamoleApache Guacamole, Teleport

What are Guacozy and Next Terminal?

Guacozy

Guacozy is an HTML5 browser-based VNC, RDP and SSH remote connection manager built on Apache Guacamole technology. It provides tabbed sessions and folder organization and is self-hosted via Docker.

  • Browser RDP/VNC/SSH
  • Tabbed sessions
  • Folder organization
  • Guacamole-based

Next Terminal

Next Terminal is a self-hosted bastion host offering browser-based RDP, SSH, VNC and Telnet access with session recording and access control. It runs in Docker as a small set of services.

  • Browser RDP/SSH/VNC
  • Session recording
  • Access control
  • Self-hostable bastion

Guacozy vs Next Terminal: key differences

Guacozy is written in Python, while Next Terminal is built with TypeScript. Licensing differs — MIT for Guacozy versus Apache-2.0 for Next Terminal. Next Terminal has the considerably larger community, at 5,646 GitHub stars versus 197.

Why pick each one

Choose Guacozy if…

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Python
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM
Guacozy details

Choose Next Terminal if…

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 5.6k GitHub stars
  • Written in TypeScript
Next Terminal details

Frequently asked questions

Is Guacozy or Next Terminal better?

Neither is universally better. Next Terminal has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Guacozy and Next Terminal free and open-source?

Yes. Guacozy is licensed under MIT and Next Terminal under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Guacozy and Next Terminal with Docker?

Guacozy: yes. Next Terminal: yes.

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