FreeRDP: A Remote Desktop Protocol Implementation

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Enjoy the freedom of using your software wherever you want, the way you want it, in a world where interoperability can finally liberate your computing experience.

Resources

Project website: http://www.freerdp.com/

Issue tracker: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues

Sources: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/ Downloads: https://pub.freerdp.com/releases/ Wiki: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki API documentation: https://pub.freerdp.com/api/

IRC channel: #freerdp @ irc.freenode.net

Mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel

Microsoft Open Specifications

Information regarding the Microsoft Open Specifications can be found at:

http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/

A list of reference documentation is maintained here:

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki/Reference-Documentation

Compilation

Instructions on how to get started compiling FreeRDP can be found on the wiki:

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki/Compilation

Simple version:

# Install Dev Deps
apt-get install build-essential git-core cmake xsltproc libssl-dev libx11-dev libxext-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libxdamage-dev libxv-dev libxkbfile-dev libasound2-dev libcups2-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libxrandr-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libxi-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libavutil-dev libavcodec-dev
# Clone Repo
git clone git@gitlab.ais:davisb/FreeRDP.git
cd FreeRDP
# Create build directory
mkdir build
cd build
# Build
cmake ../
make
sudo make install