Java Remote Desktop (jrdesktop) is an open source software for viewing and/or controlling a distance PC.

Besides then screenshots, keyboard and mouse events transfer, jrdesktop includes many additional features (like: file transfer, data compression, color conversion, ...).

jrdesktop uses RMI (Remote Method Invocation) with SSL/TLS to establish a secured connection between the viewer and the server.

Java Remote Desktop (jrdesktop) is intended to run across different platforms (based on JVM).

Main features

• Screenshots, keyboard and mouse events transfer
• Control functions : Start, Stop, Pause and Resume, view only, full control
• Screen functions : full screen, custom size, scale, ...
• Data compression (with level selection)
• JPEG quality compression (with level selection)
• Color quality (full colors, 16 bits, 256 colors, gray color)
• Clipboard transfer (texts and images only)
• File transfer
• Connection infos : duration, transferred data size, speed
• Authentication & encryption
• Multi-sessions
• ....

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