Remote desktop control - See and control the remote desktop in real time with full keyboard and mouse input, just as if you were sitting at the machine
Remote Tools Functions
Everything you need to reach, manage and automate your machines - in one application, on every platform.
Remote Desktop
See and control the remote desktop in real time, with full keyboard and mouse input across Windows, macOS and Linux.
Cross-platform support - Works across Windows, macOS and Linux, including both X11 and Wayland desktop sessions
Full multi-monitor support - View all connected displays at once, or focus on a single screen of your choice
Smooth video streaming - Stream the desktop as H.264 video that adapts to the bandwidth of the connection
Flexible display settings - Tune frame rate, image quality, colour depth and scaling to dynamically manage bandwidth
Capture screenshots - Capture images of the screen or screens being viewed
Copy and paste both ways - Move text between your machine and the remote desktop using the clipboard
File Manager
Seamlessly browse and manage local and remote file systems side by side. Navigate, view and change files and folders with ease.
Browse files - Browse local and remote file systems from one intuitive interface, with favourites for quick access to frequently used folders
Send files - Move files or folders between local and remote systems in just a couple of clicks
Manage files - Delete, rename, create folders, and zip or unzip files using right-click menus
Manage permissions - View file and folder details and change permissions on remote systems
Open files - Open log and configuration files directly in the Log Viewer
File Transfer
Transfer files and folders quickly and reliably, using compression and delta-sync, with transfers automatically resuming if the connection drops.
Optimised transfers - Use modern compression to maximise throughput, with compression configurable for each transfer
Delta sync - Transfer only changed data to reduce bandwidth use and speed up file transfers
Automatic resume - Resume transfers from where they left off after a network interruption, so dropped connections don't mean starting over
Track and control transfers - Monitor progress in real time, with the freedom to pause or cancel transfers at any point
Professional Unlimited simultaneous transfers - Run multiple transfer sessions from different functions at the same time
Tasks
Turn the work you repeat into a task - commands, scripts, file transfers and packages combined into a single reusable workflow, with every run recorded.
Build workflows, not scripts - Combine commands, scripts, packages and file transfers to create a task
No-code task editor - Build and edit tasks in a visual editor, with no scripting language to learn
Run on demand - Simple to run, with the same workflow repeated every time - saving time and avoiding mistakes
Watch progress, review history - See the details of each action as a task runs, and view the results of previous activity, with the option to export them as a PDF
Runtime inputs - Prompt for extra information when a task runs - free text, a choice from a list, or a password
Conditional blocks - Choose what happens next based on the result of an action
Professional Scale up - Run tasks across your whole fleet, with scheduling, filtering and other advanced features
Terminal
A fast, fully integrated command line interface - run commands using each machine's own built-in shell.
Native interface - Run commands and manage remote systems directly from Remote Tools, with a fully interactive session that behaves exactly as it would locally
Native shells - Works with each operating system's own interpreters - Bash, Zsh, PowerShell, cmd and more - so your existing commands and scripts just work
Elevate permissions - Switch to the root or System account when required, for commands that need administrator privileges
Never lose your place - Sessions reconnect and recover automatically after a network interruption
Port Forwarding
Reach services on a remote network as though they were running locally.
Forward in either direction - Tunnel network traffic privately across the secure connection between the control and the agent
Support for both TCP and UDP - Ideal for connecting to web servers, databases, admin consoles, etc. without opening those services to the internet
A built-in SOCKS proxy - Lets you browse secure websites on the remote network as if you were there
Automatic reconnection - Port forward tunnels reconnect automatically after a network interruption
Professional Open on connection - Configure port forwards to open automatically when you connect to an agent
Users & Sessions
See every user account on a machine at a glance, and manage accounts and sessions with ease.
View every account - See all the user accounts on the machine and their current state
Manage sessions remotely - Log users in and out, and switch between accounts*
Lock and unlock accounts - Quickly control who can access the machine
Reset passwords - Set a new password for any account remotely
*Available actions depend on the operating system
Agent Information
Quickly view agent configuration and detailed hardware information; monitor real-time CPU and memory usage; list, inspect and manage running processes and services/daemons.
Agent Info - Easily view agent configuration details and connection information
Hardware - Monitor real-time CPU and memory usage and view detailed hardware information
Services/Daemons - Quickly view all installed services or daemons and see their current status, then start, stop or restart them on demand
Processes - View processes running on the remote host, see per-process CPU and memory usage in real time, and stop them on demand
Log Viewer
Open and view log files effortlessly with multiple viewing modes. Monitor application and system logs in real time.
Quick access to logs - Monitor system or service health, speed up development and troubleshoot issues faster
Live updates - Use Follow mode to see new entries as they are written to the log file
Search - Quickly find and highlight important log entries
Favourites - Save the log files you use most often, and open them directly