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