RemotePy

A remote-desktop sharing application.

• browser-based, shared over LAN
• cross platform
• control remote-desktop using your mouse and keyboard
• click, double click and right click enabled
• works on touch-screen devices as well!

Installation

• Clone this repo:

    $ git clone https://github.com/nikhilkumarsingh/RemotePy

• Install the requirements:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

• To run application using the default Werkzeug server:

    $ python app.py

• To run application using Gunicorn server:

    $ python wsgi.py

A simple CLI has also been provided to tweak different parameters.

• Show help message

    $ python cli.py -h
  
    usage: cli.py [-h] [-b server] [-p port] [-w workers] [-t threads]
  
    RemotePy CLI
  
    optional arguments:
      -h, --help            show this help message and exit
      -b server, --server server
                            IP address of server.
      -p port, --port port  Port no. of server.
      -w workers, --workers workers
                            No. of workers on server.
      -t threads, --threads threads
                            No. of threads for server
  

• Run Gunicorn server with:

  • IP address 192.168.1.103,
  • port no. 8000,
  • 2 workers,
  • 5 threads

    $ python cli.py -b 192.168.1.103 -p 8000 -w 2 -t 5

TODOs

• Improve HTML layout
• Make the multi-threaded server more stable

References:

• flask-video-streaming