Guacamole
Clientless remote desktop gateway supporting standard protocols like VNC and RDP.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 45 commits in the last 90 days.
Also an alternative to TeamViewer.
At a glance
Guacamole quick facts
- Health score
- 59/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 4,026
- Last commit
- 13 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Top alternatives to Guacamole
Full rankings: TeamViewer alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "This README is intended to provide quick and to-the-point documentation for technical users intending to compile parts of Apache Guacamole themselves."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Guacamole scores 59/100, #14 of 15 in Remote Access: 45 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 4,026 stars add 14.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
45 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 14.4 / 20
4k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 45
- Last 90 days
- 234
- Last 12 months
- 13 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #14 of 15 tools in Remote Access by health , between Sshwifty (#13) and SparkView (#15) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Java, C |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 4,026 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | apache/guacamole-server ↗ |
Guacamole vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Guacamole (Remote Access), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puter | 99 | 44k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Termix | 97 | 16k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Firezone | 96 | 9.1k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| ShellHub | 93 | 2.2k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| MeshCentral | 86 | 7.5k | Apache-2.0 | 6 days ago |
| Guacamole (this tool) | 59 | 4k | Apache-2.0 | 13 days ago |
Guacamole: common questions
What does Guacamole replace?
Repoly lists Guacamole as an open-source alternative to TeamViewer. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Guacamole stands against the others.
Is Guacamole still maintained?
Guacamole had 45 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 13 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.