Amara vs GNOME Remote Desktop

Amara has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

GNOME Remote Desktop is GNOME's free, open-source remote desktop server for Linux. It supports remote assistance to an active session, single-user headless desktop access, and headless remote login. The server offers RDP and VNC backends, though they do not support every operating mode equally. Locking the screen ends a remote-assistance connection; multi-user headless remote login integrates with GNOME Display Manager and is available only over RDP. PipeWire streams pixel content, libei handles input events, and Mutter's remote desktop API manages sessions. RDP uses FreeRDP and requires a TLS key and certificate; VNC uses LibVNCServer and supports password or prompt authentication. GNOME Settings can show an encryption fingerprint for comparison with the client. GNOME 50 adds Vulkan and VA-API hardware acceleration, HiDPI scaling, camera redirection, Kerberos authentication for screen sharing or single-user headless servers, and support for remote login sessions launched with gnome-headless-session. Listed working clients include Remmina, Connections, and xfreerdp on Linux, mstsc on Windows, and Thincast on Linux, Windows, or macOS. The project cautions against opening the firewall to the public internet.