<![CDATA[VNC Alternative]]>As you may know VNC retiring the Home plan and those existing Home team will be closed on 17/06/2024. Is there any other free alternative?

I always use VNC to connect to the MagicMirror, TeamViewer was not good. Are there any other good alternatives?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18787/vnc-alternativeRSS for NodeSun, 09 Aug 2026 00:37:08 GMTSun, 09 Jun 2024 15:08:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to VNC Alternative on Mon, 04 Aug 2025 01:09:45 GMT]]>nomachine is a great and free alternative to VNC. I have been using it to mirror my smart mirror to my laptop’s display and it works very well.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/127698https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/127698Mon, 04 Aug 2025 01:09:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to VNC Alternative on Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:37:24 GMT]]>@mumblebaj I tried to investigate rpi-connect but I was not able to install it, unfortunately my raspberry pi is not reacheable anymore from smb, only SSH, no idea why.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/127620https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/127620Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:37:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to VNC Alternative on Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:04:00 GMT]]>@sdetweil Seems like rpi-connect is still in beta. May be a viable option if no relay is required else the lag could be nasty as the turn server is located in the OK.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/118203https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/118203Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:04:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to VNC Alternative on Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:32:36 GMT]]>@luisestrada said in VNC Alternative:

I see is SSH file access, I have done that in the past

sorry, don’t understand that sentence

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/118202https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/118202Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:32:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to VNC Alternative on Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:02:41 GMT]]>@sdetweil

I missed it as a started looking into info about bitvise and winscp. My bad.

I see it is a SSH file access. I have done that in the past, I thought is was something more like VNC or Teamviewer.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/118201https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/118201Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:02:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to VNC Alternative on Mon, 10 Jun 2024 15:31:06 GMT]]>@luisestrada said in VNC Alternative:

Thank you for your answer. Does this work for Mac?

I said in my prior post

I havent found that for Mac yet only cause I havent needed it

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/118194https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/118194Mon, 10 Jun 2024 15:31:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to VNC Alternative on Mon, 10 Jun 2024 15:19:49 GMT]]>@sdetweil said in VNC Alternative:

ou can edit from your windows machine
and if you set the MagicMirror server to allow other system access

address:“0.0.0.0”,
ipWhitelist :[],
then you can interact/debug the MagicMirror screen anywhere you have a browser

on linux you can use the caja file manager to get remot

Thank you for your answer. Does this work for Mac?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/118193https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/118193Mon, 10 Jun 2024 15:19:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to VNC Alternative on Sun, 09 Jun 2024 15:38:32 GMT]]>@luisestrada pi released a vnc
replacement , and tight vnc works

if you use winscp or bitvise ssh clients you can edit from your windows machine
and if you set the MagicMirror server to allow other system access

address:"0.0.0.0",
ipWhitelist :[],

then you can interact/debug the MagicMirror screen anywhere you have a browser

on linux you can use the caja file manager to get remote ssh filesystem access, similar to bitvise and winscp
I havent found that for Mac yet only cause I havent needed it

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/118183https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/118183Sun, 09 Jun 2024 15:38:32 GMT