Guacamole
Guacamole is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Remote Access category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in C. It is a self-hosted alternative to TeamViewer and AnyDesk. It has 4,021 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 17, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 4,021
- Forks
- 820
- Open issues
- 0
- Commits, last 12 months
- 237
- Last commit
- Oct 17, 2026
- Latest release
- No releases
- Created
- Mar 22, 2016
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 17, 2026, 237 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 17, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 237 |
| Latest release | No GitHub releases |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 0 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Open pull requests | 80 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Mar 22, 2016 |
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About Guacamole
Clientless remote desktop gateway supporting standard protocols like VNC and RDP.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/apache/guacamole-server.
Topics
- guacamole
- c
- network-client
- java
- network-server
- javascript
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Is Guacamole free and open source?
Yes. Guacamole is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Guacamole with Docker?
Guacamole does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Java and C), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Guacamole?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Guacamole include Puter, Pangolin and Termix. Guacamole itself is a self-hosted alternative to TeamViewer and AnyDesk.
Is Guacamole actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Guacamole was on Oct 17, 2026 with 237 commits in the past twelve months. It had 0 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.