Apache Guacamole

I have used Apache Guacamole to access running GitHub Actions workflows as remote desktops. It worked super well for testing GUI apps on other operating systems that I didn't want to deal with setting up. It's also nice if you want to run a GUI application in someone else's sandbox. https://github.com/jstrieb/ctf-collab/blob/9300c57364f71fe29...

I love Guacamole (the food too). I use the software pretty much every day, and have been pretty happy with it. My two main gripes are 1) it doesn't auto focus login/password fields, and 2) if the engine can't keep up with what's displaying on the remote screen, like if a video autoplays, it introduces an enormous amount of input lag, or even drops input events altogether. It makes getting out of that situation rather difficult.

I love Guacamole, but the authentication options leave a lot to be desired, in the sense that it defaults to saving passwords for all connections defined, which is nice for usability and, say, having predefined accounts for monitoring but a security nightmare for other purposes. I wish the default were to prompt users to _always_ authenticate against the target systems, and store no passwords whatsoever.

There is OpenSTF which is similar but for physically remote controlling Smartphones. No need to install any client. Can be controlled from any browser, even from another smartphone. https://openstf.io