About
Xpra is an open-source multi-platform persistent remote display server and client for forwarding applications and desktop screens.
It gives you remote access to individual applications or full desktops.
On X11, it is also known as screen for X11: it allows you to run programs,
usually on a remote host, direct their display to your local machine, and
then to disconnect from these programs and reconnect from the same
or another machine, without losing any state.
It can also be used to forward full desktops, from X11 servers,
MS Windows, or Mac OS X.
Xpra also allows forwarding of sound, clipboard and printing services.
Sessions can be accessed over SSH, or password protected over plain TCP sockets with or without SSL.
Xpra is usable over reasonably slow links and does its best to adapt to changing network bandwidth constraints.
Enhancements
This fork adds many enhancements over the original version:
better performance and platform support, a built-in HTML5 client,
hardware acceleration, multi-user support, GUI tools and configuration and options;
keyboard and clipboard fixes; printer, cursor, sound, system tray and notifications forwarding;
IPv6 support, SSL, support for shadowing existing displays, desktop mode, etc
Development is very active, so keep an eye on the news for new versions and features, or subscribe to the mailing list to get the release announcements email notifications.
Download
You can find binary packages for Microsoft Windows Source snapshots can be found here: xpra.org/src, the subversion repository is here: xpra.org/svn/Xpra, you may also find beta releases here: xpra.org/beta.
For more information see wiki: source.
Winswitch is a front-end for xpra which also supports VNC, NX, RDP, SSH, etc.
Get started with Xpra
To start an application (a simple xterm in this example) on a remote system
and display it on your local machine, simply run:
xpra start ssh:SERVERHOSTNAME --start=xterm
ssh -X, except that performance will be noticeably better and you can disconnect and re-connect to this session as many times as you like. (obviously xpra must be installed on your server host)
To re-connect or to connect to this session from another machine, use the
attach command (you can also use the xpra_launcher GUI):
xpra attach ssh:serverhostname
Help and Discussions
Send your questions to the mailing list or join us on the IRC channel #winswitch on irc.freenode.net. (please be aware of irc netiquette)