Rabbit Remote Control

Author: Kang Lin kl222@126.com

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• Introduction
  • Screenshot
    • Multiple style
  • Project repository position
• Functions
  • Supported operating system
  • Supported multiple languages
  • Supported protocols
    • Remote control protocols
    • Network protocols
  • Function list
  • Plugins
• Status
• Sponsorship and Donations
• Contribution
• Download
• Development
  • Compilation
    • Compiling for Linux
    • Compiling for Windows
• License Agreement

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Introduction

Rabbit Remote Control is an open-source, cross-platform, multi-protocol remote control software.

Allows you to use any device and system from anywhere and remotely manage any device and system in any way.

Its goal is to be simple, convenient, secure and easy to use, improving work efficiency.

It includes remote desktop, remote control, file transfer (FTP, SFTP), terminal, remote terminal (SSH, Telnet), player, network tools, and more.

Screenshot

Main window	Recent list menu	Connect	Work

Multiple style

Default style	Black-Green style	Black style	White style

Video

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/11951698-762a-4771-b4c7-c669788bdc25

Project repository position

• Main repository: https://github.com/KangLin/RabbitRemoteControl
• Mirror repository:
  • sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/rabbitremotecontrol/
  • gitlab: https://gitlab.com/kl222/RabbitRemoteControl
  • launchpad: https://launchpad.net/rabbitremotecontrol
  • gitee: https://gitee.com/kl222/RabbitRemoteControl
  • bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/kl222/rabbitremotecontrol

Functions

Supported operating system

• Windows 7 SP1 and later
• Unix/Linux
• Android
• mac os

See: Qt5, Qt6

I do not have Mac devices, so I did not compile and test. Please test by yourself if you have Mac devices. Interested and capable friends are welcome to participate in the development of the project.

If you want to donate the development devices to me, please contact: (email: kl222@126.com)

• Remote desktop

	Windows	Unix/linux	Android	MAC
vnc	✓	✓	✓	✓
RDP	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spice
Scrcpy

• Terminal

	Windows	Unix/linux	Android	MAC
Terminal	✓	✓	❌	✓
SSH	✓	✓	❌	✓
TELNET	✓	✓	❌	✓
Serial port	✓	✓	❌	✓

• File Transfer

	Windows	Unix/linux	Android	MAC
FTP	…	…	…	…
SFTP	…	…	…	…

• Tool

	Windows	Unix/linux	Android	MAC
Player	✓	✓	✓	✓
Wake on lan	✓	✓	✓	✓
Screenshot	✓	✓		✓
Web browser	✓	✓	❌	✓

Legend:
✓ : completed; … : working; ⭕ : not completed; Empty: not started; ❌: not supported

Supported multiple languages

• English
• Chinese
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese

Supported protocols

Remote control protocols

• RFB(Remote frame buffer) is also called VNC(Virtual Network Computing): https://github.com/rfbproto/rfbproto
• RDP(Remote desktop protocol): https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki/Reference-Documentation
• Spice: https://www.spice-space.org/
• SSH: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4251
  • libssh
• TELNET: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc318
• Terminal
• scrcpy: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
• FTP(File Transfer Protocol): https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc959
• SFTP(Secure Shell File Transfer Protocol): https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-02

Network protocols

• Peer-to-Peer (P2P) protocol
  • ICE (Interactive Connectivity Establishment): RFC 8445
  • STUN: RFC 5389
  • TURN(Traversal Using Relays around NAT): RFC 5766
• Proxy
  • socks
  • http
  • Peer-to-Peer (P2P) proxy protocol: https://github.com/KangLin/RabbitRemoteControl/issues/7

Function list

	Server	Client	Desktop	Clipboard	File	Audio	Redirection	P2P	Proxy	Terminal
RDP	✓	✓	✓	✓	……	✓	……		✓	❌
RFB	……	✓	✓	✓		❌	❌	✓	✓
Spice							❌
Scrcpy							❌
Terminal		✓	❌	✓	❌	❌	❌
TELNET		✓	❌	✓	❌	❌	❌
SSH		✓	❌	✓		❌	❌
Serial port		✓	❌	✓		❌	❌
FTP	✓	……	❌		……		❌
SFTP		……	❌		……		❌

Legend:
✓ : completed; … : working; ⭕ : not completed; Empty: not started; ❌: not supported

	Proxy	P2P
RabbitVNC	✓	✓
TigerVNC	✓	✓
LibVNC
FreeRDP	…

Legend:
✓ : completed; … : working; ⭕ : not completed; Empty: not started; ❌: not supported

Plugins

• FreeRDP
• VNC
  • RabbitVNC
  • TigerVnc
  • LibVNCServer
• Wake on lan
• Player
• Screen capture: Example
• Terminal
  • Terminal
  • SSH
  • TELNET
  • Serial Port
• File transfer
• Ftp server
• Web browser

Status

Stargazers over time

Build status

master	develop

Sponsorship and Donations

If this software is useful to you, or you like it, please donate and support the author. Thank you!

If it cannot be displayed, please open:

• https://gitlab.com/kl222/RabbitCommon/-/raw/master/Src/Resource/image/Contribute_en.png
• https://sourceforge.net/p/rabbitcommon/code/ci/master/tree/Src/Resource/image/Contribute_en.png

Contact me:

• kl222@126.com
• jami: eddacfd6c7b70b258e511e812ffab7d3490396fa

Contribution

• Mailing list
  • Developer rabbitremotecontrol-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
  • Discuss rabbitremotecontrol-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net
• Issues
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• Discussions
• Contributors: Thank Contributors
• Maintenance package
  • Linux
    • Debian: Need to maintain official packages
    • rpm: Need to maintain official packages
    • AppImage
    • Snap: https://snapcraft.io/rabbitremotecontrol
    • Flatpak: https://github.com/flathub/io.github.KangLin.RabbitRemoteControl
  • Windows
    • Windows store: Need to maintain official packages
  • macOS: Need to maintain official packages
  • Android: Need to maintain official packages

Download

• Change log
• Semantic Versioning: https://semver.org/
• User manual
• Release:
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Development

Development documentation online

• sourceforge
• github.io

Compilation

• Compiling for Linux
• Compiling for Windows
• Compiling for macOS
• Compiling for Android

License Agreement

Please abide by the License Agreement of this project and the license agreement of the dependent library, and thank the authors of dependent library and tools.