Monday, April 10, 2023

Alternatives to Teamviewer or Anydesk

Rustdesk is an open source alternative.  You can run your own server if you want, or use theirs for free.

DWService.net, is also open source.  They take donations too.  This one gives the remote user admin access to the machine, so more for tech support/MSP use, not so much one you'd setup for users.

Use textverified.com to receive text messages

Great for expats.  Allows you to temporarily rent a US phone number -- an actual one, not a VoIP one, so you can receive sms - a txt message...