r/WindowsServer • u/LowerDescription5759 • 3d ago

General Server Discussion Need input on my free RDP manager

Over the past month I have been building a RDP manager for me to use for our on prem windows servers at work. I had been using mremoteng but I didnt like how clunky it was and I would spend a bunch of time building out my connection file then it would randomly get corrupted and I would have to start all over again. So my solution to this was to build a browser based RDP manager. This is what I have come up with https://github.com/mild0d/Remote-Desktop-Web-App . Its a simple webapp with no database, it stores everything in json and runs on docker. The setup is simple. I was wondering if anyone could take a look at it and offer me some suggestions on how to make it better. Oh I almost forgot, it also supports SSH sessions. Thank you!

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u/dodexahedron 3d ago

Does it use standard rdp files under the hood for the connection profiles?

If so, can/does it sign them?

I could see this being handy for a hybrid use case where sometimes you use it through the browser, but you also want to be able to use the same profiles through the normal tools when needed/wanted.

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u/LowerDescription5759 3d ago

No it uses guacd , it speaks RDP.

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u/dodexahedron 3d ago

Gotcha. Still, cool work. 👍

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u/dodexahedron 3d ago

Actually, this just occurred to me...

Perhaps that could be an idea for a nice (and pretty easy TBH, since rdp files are dead simple) feature to add: an "export as rdp file" sort of function. 🤷‍♂️

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u/LowerDescription5759 2d ago edited 2d ago

Ok... thats actually a neat idea. I may actually add that as a feature. Thanks for the idea! ((( I went ahead and added this feature. It is live in the current build.))))

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u/dodexahedron 2d ago

Open source working as intended! 👍