Today we're launching AdvDesk to the public.
We started building AdvDesk because every remote-desktop tool we tried felt like a tax on getting work done. Old AnyDesk was great until it wasn't. TeamViewer kept asking us to "verify commercial use." Chrome Remote Desktop is fine for one PC and miserable for ten. Self-hosted options either ate a weekend of YAML or required a public IP. We wanted the AnyDesk feeling — type a 9-digit ID, type a password, you're in — without any of the friction.
So we built it.
What's in v1
- Real end-to-end encryption. The relay never sees your screen content. Keys are negotiated peer-to-peer.
- Web viewer. Open
/viewerin any browser, paste an ID, connect. No install on the viewer side. - A free tier that's actually useful. 20 GB of transfer per month, two concurrent sessions, unlimited session length. No credit card.
- Teams. Invite teammates, share a quota, audit every session. Owner / admin / member roles.
- An actual API. REST + webhooks, documented at
/api/docs. Address-book sync ships in v1. - Built where we live. AdvDesk is built in Cairo by the ADV team. The whole stack — host, viewer, relay, web UI — is open about how it works and easy to inspect.
What's next
We've got native macOS and Linux hosts in the oven, plus screen recording with searchable timestamps, mobile viewers for iOS / Android, and federated relays for teams that want to keep traffic in-region. Tell us what's missing — hello@advcode.net.
Sign up at advdesk.advcode.net/signup. Welcome aboard.