What's the best free desktop sharing solution? [closed]

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What's the best Remote Desktop Application?

For remote team collaboration. Requirements:

1. Free
2. No .exe software to install (thick client) - Java/Flash is OK
3. Share specific windows or entire screens
4. Doesn't break with multiple monitors
5. Secure
6. Easy
7. Works for Mac and PC

Nice to have:

1. Web cam, chat, other features
2. Allow remote user to control mouse/keyboard

Thanks.

Answer 1

Teamviewer all the way for me:

For remote team collaboration. Requirements:

   1. Free (for personal use)

   4. Doesn't break with multiple monitors
   5. Secure
   6. Easy
   7. Works for Mac and PC

Nice to have:

   1. Web cam, chat, other features (video, voice, text chat and file transfer)
   2. Allow remote user to control mouse/keyboard

certainly the solution matching/exceeding most of the criteria. the client is anything but 'thick', the host server can even run 'silently' as a service (on windows machines).

Answer 2

Well best one that I like, no install, flash based is by Adobe, just got to: https://acrobat.com/#page=signup_only&su=1

They have everything integrated (chat w cams, voice, conf calling etc).

Free for 3 people, need more, they have very reasonable plans too. Works great, and no messy software to install.

Answer 3

This is an .exe install but I mention it any way since you may already use it.

The Mac version of Skype (not sure about the Windows version) allows screen sharing during a conference. It doesn't allow remote control but does also do webcam (not at the same time as sharing your screen.) You can select a smaller area of the screen to show but not an application window.

Answer 4

A couple options:

http://oneeko.com
http://showmypc.com

Answer 5

Disclaimer - I'm on the Dev Team.

Yuuguu is a free, secure, simple to use cross platform screen sharing & remote control application. The host does need to install the client but viewers can just use any flash-9 enabled web browser. We are currently testing sharing only a single window, but for now, you can only share the entire desktop. It has built in chat and will link with various IM networks.

We, the Yuuguu team, all work remotely and use our own product extensively in conjunction with Skype for remote collaboration.

Answer 6

Maybe you would like to check out Mikogo. It's a desktop sharing tool free for both business and private use. You can select which applications to share. When using Mikogo, you share a primary monitor. Also, it's secure, easy and cross-platform. Many features are included to facilitate online collaboration, such as whiteboard, switch presenter, remote keyboard/mouse control and more.

Just for your information, when using Mikogo, the organizer have to install a light weight .exe and the participants have to run an .exe.

Please take a moment to drop by http://www.mikogo.com for more info or feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thanks!

Hsiang-Yi Cheng The Mikogo Team

Answer 7

I've been using crossloop, although I've seen issues on Vista 32 bit (not tried on x64). Issues == Freezing after a while. This could be an issue with VNC or my network.