Support for remote controlling Windows PCs may be added to Raspberry Pi Connect, Raspberry Pi's free remote access service.



When they announced Pi Connect in 2024, I speculated the service was launched in response to RealVNC's sluggish adoption of Wayland, leading to Pi users lacking a solid remote access solution after Pi OS 12 'Bookworm' was launched.
The service was helpful for those who had one or more Raspberry Pis to access, but the Pi Connect daemon didn't run on Windows or macOS at the time, so a true competitor to RealVNC (at least for basic use cases) it was not.

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Raspberry Pi Connect, the free remote access service from Raspberry Pi, may soon support Windows PCs. An unofficial Windows daemon is available for testing via the Raspberry Pi forums, built on Go and using WebRTC and VNC standards. Current issues include mouse cursor offset, occasional freezing, Task Manager conflicts, and resolution quirks. Remote Shell access works and supports Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. macOS support may also be coming. Pi Connect's Organizations plan at $0.50/device/month could undercut competitors like RealVNC for small fleets.

Raspberry Pi Connect may control Windows soon