THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2026|No. 17981
Technology · Software

RustDesk Achieves Unattended Remote Access on Wayland

RustDesk has released a preview build enabling true unattended remote access on Wayland, a significant step for Linux remote desktop solutions.

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A user remotely accessing a computer screen via a software interface. · Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash
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New Unattended Remote Access on Wayland with RustDesk »

Wayland support has been one of the harder parts of Linux remote desktop.

RustDesk can now provide true unattended access on Wayland, without requiring someone at the remote machine to approve every session. Multi-monitor setups are supported as well.

After the initial setup, you can connect even when no one is at the remote machine — including from the login screen after a reboot.

Watch the demo video on X

For now, we are releasing this as a separate preview build for x86_64 Debian/Ubuntu-based systems:

Download the Wayland unattended access build

Wayland support is still limited in several major remote desktop products. AnyDesk currently requires Xorg for incoming Linux sessions, while TeamViewer still describes Wayland support as experimental for common desktop environments.

We would like to get more real-world testing before making this the default.

Once the implementation is stable, we plan to bring unattended Wayland access to more Linux distributions, including Fedora and Arch Linux, and eventually include it in the standard RustDesk releases.

If you use Wayland, especially with multiple monitors, please give the preview build a try and let us know what works—and what doesn’t.

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