
And on we go with yet another look at Rustdesk, a cool software for remote support, particularly for smartphones in my case: How does the project set-up look like and how does it transfer data over the network?
Project Setup, Licenses, Code Availability
Before coming to the network traffic, I decided to say a few words about the project setup, because I find it a bit strange. When looking at their website, an address for a company office in Singapore is given. On a different page, it is stated the the laws of the Cayman Islands apply. And that’s pretty much it. In other words, it looks a bit strange.
On the positive side, the server and client software is hosted on Github under the AGPL-3.0 and MIT licenses, so the code can be inspected and forked. Another plus is that the client is available on F-Droid, where it is compiled by the project rather than by the author. Also on the positive side, the project’s documentation and FAQ is very extensive, so it looks to me like it is currently well maintained. Also, apart from the free community edition, they do have paid plans with extra features, so they probably have a sustainable setup.
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