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Code license: GNU General Public License v3
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Project owners:
  gerberad, xburnerx, nerdynick
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troyfrew

About

Gitso is to support others.

Gitso is a frontend to reverse VNC connections. It is meant to be a simple two-step process that connects one person to another's screen. First, the support person offers to give support. Second, the person who needs help connects and has their screen remotely visible. Because Gitso is cross-platform (Ubuntu, OS X and Windows) and uses a reverse VNC connection, it greatly simplifies the process of getting support.

Snow Leopard Users

Gitso support is a little wobbly on Snow Leopard, so please use the temporary work-around to make Gitso work. Thanks for your patience.

Gitso 0.5 (September 5, 2008)

Requirements

Usage

First, the person giving support needs to:

  1. Launch Gitso.
  2. Click on "Give Support"
  3. Click "Connect"

Second, the person who needs help, needs to:

  1. Launch Gitso.
  2. Click on "Get Help"
  3. Type in the "IP Address" provided by the supporter
  4. Click "Connect"
Now the person who needs help sits back and watches as someone else moves their mouse and operates their pc from afar.

Note: The person who is giving support needs to have port 5500 open to their machine which requires a port forward on a NATed network.

Screenshots

How it Works

Using Python and wxWidgets, Gitso utilizes other applications for the actual VNC work:

Building Gitso

Ubuntu

  1. From within the src directory:
  2. Update hosts.txt to have preset options for the client. Hosts are comma separated and optional.
  3. Run:./makegitso.pl --> gitso_0.5_all.deb

Mac OS X

  1. Install py2app
  2. From within the src directory:
  3. Update hosts.txt to have preset options for the client. Hosts are comma separated and optional.
  4. Run:./makegitso.pl --> Gitso.dmg

Windows

  1. Install:
  2. From within the src directory:
  3. Update hosts.txt to have preset options for the client. Hosts are comma separated and optional.
  4. Run:./makegitso.bat
  5. Right Click: ./makegitso.nsi and select Compile NSIS Script --> gitso-install.exe

Roadmap

0.6

0.7

FAQ

Q. I want to help someone, but I’m behind a router, and it doesn’t work!
A. The person who is going to “give support” must have port 5500 open to their PC. This usually means enabling port forwarding on your router and poking holes through any firewalls.

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