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Is it possible to self-host RustDesk completely for free? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 hours ago by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I thought self-hosting requires, like, paid ownership of a website or something. I don't think I've ever self-hosted before and am lost with its guide.

My primary concern is RustDesk's warning about possibly shutting down its free self-hosting because of bot abuse, despite now requiring GitHub accounts. There seems to be nothing even remotely close to RustDesk, except possibly HopToDesk, which I heard is a fork of an older version or something.

It'd be nice to be able to keep this going just in case. Or are there free, E2EE servers out there that anyone knows of?

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[–] Smash@lemmy.self-hosted.site 1 points 3 minutes ago

Just set up DynDNS an host rustdesk on docker. It requires two docker containers, exchanging secret keys and opening firewall ports

[–] civ@lemmy.civl.cc 3 points 2 hours ago

You can get a free subdomain from https://desec.io/ so maybe that could help? I did that for a while before buying a cheap domain. You'll get something like stuff.dedyn.io

[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I host rustdesk on my own domain and it works. I don't have my tinfoil hat all the way on though.

[–] Brewchin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I'm not familiar with what's been said or done regarding bots, but I'd be surprised if they were planning to shutdown the self-hosting part? But I can see how they might shutdown the free cloud auth aspect.

As RD consists of the server/client software and the authentication software, the latter is also made available online to all with no reliability promises. But there's nothing stopping people from hosting both parts locally, and is how I implemented it. No traffic to third parties, etc.

Can't advise on domain-based setup, as I've not tried it, but depending on how you're planning to use it, there may be no need for a domain. I only used mine locally (or via WireGuard when outside), with hbbr and hbbs hosted in Docker on my NAS, and it worked fine with my mobile devices and PCs.

[–] ryokimball@infosec.pub 2 points 2 hours ago

I have not set it up yet but plan to do so soon. I could imagine a requirement of owning a host name so that you can have a certificate, but I imagine an IP address would work just as well. You will need to open ports on your router according to the documentation; I haven't looked into reverse proxy options or anything to prevent the firewall changes being necessary.

But yeah, my understanding is it's totally doable for "free" (i.e. using your existing infrastructure).