aRDP: Secure RDP Client

4.4
1.21K reviews
100K+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Welcome to the best open-source RDP client in the world!

Need aRDP on iOS or Mac OS X? Now available at
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/ardp-pro/id1620745523

Please support my work and GPL open-source software by buying the donation version of this program called aRDP Pro!

Release notes:
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/blob/master/bVNC/CHANGELOG-aRDP

Older versions:
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/releases

Report bugs:
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/issues

If you have questions, please ask on the forum instead of in a review for everybody's benefit:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bvnc-ardp-aspice-opaque-remote-desktop-clients

Check out bVNC, my VNC Viewer as well
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iiordanov.freebVNC

See below for setup instructions on enabling RDP on Windows.

Current known issues:
- May not work for accounts with no password, please let me know if it works.
- May not work for users with Cyrillic letters in the user name, please let me know if it works.

aRDP is a secure, SSH capable, open source Remote Desktop Protocol client that uses the excellent FreeRDP library and parts of aFreeRDP. Its features include:

- Remote desktop control of computers running any version of Windows except Windows 10 Home. Install a VNC server for Windows 10 Home and use bVNC
- Full Ubuntu 22.04+ support
- Remote desktop control of Linux computers with xrdp installed.
- Master password in aRDP Pro
- MFA/2FA SSH authentication in aRDP Pro
- Sound redirection in in aRDP Pro
- RDP Gateway Support
- SDcard redirection
- Console mode
- Fine control over remote desktop session styling
- Multi-touch control over the remote mouse. One finger tap left-clicks, two-finger tap right-clicks, and three-finger tap middle-clicks
- Right and middle-dragging if you don't lift the first finger that tapped
- Scrolling with a two-finger drag
- Pinch-zooming
- Force Landscape, Immersive Mode, Keep Screen Awake options in Main Menu
- Dynamic resolution changes, allowing you to reconfigure your desktop while connected, and control over virtual machines from BIOS to OS
- Full rotation support. Use the central lock rotation on your device to disable rotation
- Multi-language support
- Full mouse support on Android 4.0+
- Full desktop visibility even with soft keyboard extended
- SSH tunneling for added security or to reach machines behind a firewall.
- UI Optimizations for different screen sizes (for tablets and smartphones)
- Samsung multi-window support
- SSH public/private (pubkey) support
- Importing encrypted/unencrypted RSA keys in PEM format, unencrypted DSA keys in PKCS#8 format
- Automatic connection session saving
- Zoomable, Fit to Screen, and One to One scaling modes
- Two Direct, one Simulated Touchpad, and one Single-handed input modes
- Long-tap to get a choice of clicks, drag modes, scroll, and zoom in single-handed input mode
- Stowable on-screen Ctrl/Alt/Tab/Super and arrow keys
- Sending ESC key using the "Back" button of your device
- Ability to use D-pad for arrows, and to rotate D-pad for some bluetooth keyboards
- Minimum zoom fits screen, and snaps to 1:1 while zooming
- FlexT9 and hardware keyboard support
- Available on-device help on creating a new connection in the Menu when setting up connections
- Available on-device help on available input modes in the Menu when connected
- Tested with Hackerskeyboard. Using it is recommended (get hackers keyboard from Google Play).
- Export/Import of settings
- Samsung DEX, Alt-Tab, Start Button capture
- Ctrl+Space capture
- Clipboard integration for copy/pasting from your device
- Audio support

Planned features:
- Choosing a different color depth

Enabling Remote Desktop on Windows:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/remote-desktop-allow-access

Enabling RDP on Linux:
- Install xrdp package

Code:
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients
Updated on
Apr 6, 2024

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Ratings and reviews

4.4
982 reviews
Bart Parkis
January 5, 2024
This app mostly just works, with a good interface and no bs service to sign up for, unlike many other RDP clients I've tried. There was one issue: the vertical resolution seems to be locked to 720px and when viewing my Ubuntu desktop at higher resolution than that, the bottom just gets cut off. I was able to work around this by going into the advanced settings for the connection and manually putting in the correct resolution. (Problem occurred with Gnome desktop sharing on Wayland)
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Iordan Iordanov (Undatech)
February 17, 2024
EDIT: Hi Bart, I finally had a change to set up a test system (i use 20.04 with Xorg still). The version of the app you reported the issue only happens in Advanced settings->Native Portrait mode. I couldn't see it with Native Landscape mode. Could you kindly reach out by email at support _at_ morpheusly _dot_ com to help test?
Richard Kurek
April 17, 2023
This is the best RDP app for Android!! (I compared all of them over 5 weeks)...Try it yourself, you'll agree. OK so it's not the fanciest looking app, but you'll be impressed with its speed, stability and features. I will definitely buy the pro version soon. Anyone having a problem with the backspace key using SwiftKey or others - temporary fix - just press and backspace it for 3 seconds, then it should work as normal in that particular app until that app is closed . Cheers 🫠
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Iordan Iordanov (Undatech)
April 16, 2023
Hi Richard, with which keyboard are you seeing this? Could you first type something and then use backspace? Could you try long-tapping backspace?
Pablo G.
March 22, 2022
Excellent app !! Just to make it even better, detection of remote disconnections should be improved: I turned off the remote computer, and aRdp keeps showing a screen to interact with. Also if I try to login to a remote computer which is off, you get a black screen that lasts about a minute before informing the remote computer could be off.
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Iordan Iordanov (Undatech)
January 3, 2024
Hi Pablo, in more recent versions of aRDP, I made a number of improvements around detection of connectivity loss, and decreasing the timeouts for initial connection. Have you found the experience improved recently? Thanks for your response in advance!

What's new

v5.3.5
- Improved icon resolution
v5.3.4
- New app banner for Android TV
- Fix for toolbar position not restored
v5.3.3
- Back button disconnects on Android TV
- Show default settings icon on Android TV
- New show keyboard icon and function for Android TV
v5.3.2
- Easier navigation for Android TV
v5.3.0
- Fix for Hardware Super Key
v5.2.9
- Touch input workaround for Android 6 and older
v5.2.8
- Bugfix for drag/drop on Ubuntu 22.04 Remote Desktop Sharing
v5.2.7
- Bugfix for RDP servers that do