Nexterm for simple remote SSH and RDP sessions via the browser

Nexterm for simple remote SSH and RDP sessions via the browser

Nexterm is a web SSH / RDP and VNC client.

  • For the terminal emulation, it uses the known library Xterm.js.
  • Fpr RDP it uses Apache Guacamole under the hood, but does so intelligently.
GitHub - gnmyt/Nexterm: The open source server management software for SSH, VNC & RDP
The open source server management software for SSH, VNC & RDP - gnmyt/Nexterm

RDP is not only used for Microsoft operating systems. It can also be used on Linux and some BSD desktops via the excellent Xrdp server.

There are many useful Linux desktop applications, incl. IDEs.

Features

  • Encrypts identity secrets
    • Encryption key gets set in docker-compose.yaml for example
    • uses AES-256-GCM, encryption scheme looks sane. 16 byte IV is fine, but 12 is common
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (Time-based One-Time Pad)
  • Compatible with Zero Trust deployments, for example cloudflared
  • RDP connection parameters for the Apache guacd daemon stored in the SQLite DB. You can edit everything there if it works for you and know what you are doing.
  • Lightweight system monitoring, useful for personal systems

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