{"id":436,"date":"2025-10-25T23:51:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.viking-studios.net\/en\/?p=436"},"modified":"2025-10-25T23:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:51:42","slug":"rustdesk-free-remote-desktop-solution-on-synology-diskstation-a-teamviewer-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.viking-studios.net\/en\/rustdesk-free-remote-desktop-solution-on-synology-diskstation-a-teamviewer-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"RustDesk: Free Remote Desktop Solution on Synology DiskStation \u2013 A TeamViewer Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TeamViewer is a handy application for remotely accessing another computer, and it can be quite useful even for personal use: whether you’re accessing your office PC from your laptop elsewhere in the house\u2014or even outside\u2014or helping relatives with their computer issues. However, frequent use of TeamViewer may lead to being flagged as a commercial user, which disables free usage. While there are various alternatives, not all are as performant as TeamViewer, and some have adopted the same practice of flagging regular private users as commercial.
RustDesk offers a solution. This self-hosted remote desktop tool is open-source and free (Pro licenses are available for advanced features).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Server Installation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

RustDesk provides its server as a Docker image. On compatible DiskStations, Docker is available as the “Container Manager” package (called “Docker” on DSM versions below 7.2). RustDesk conveniently offers a ready-to-use docker-compose.yml<\/code>, so you don\u2019t need to manually download and configure an image or build your own compose file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before starting, install the Container Manager on your DiskStation if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Container Manager is Synology’s GUI for Docker.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The Container Manager creates a shared folder \/docker<\/code>. Inside it, create a folder named rustdesk<\/code>, and within that, a folder named data<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The folders aer used to store the container data.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Open the Container Manager, click on Project<\/em> > Create<\/em>. Assign a name to the container and select \/docker\/rustdesk<\/code> as the path. Choose \u201cCreate docker-compose.yml\u201d as the source and paste the following lines into the editor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

services:\n  hbbs:\n    container_name: hbbs\n    image: rustdesk\/rustdesk-server:latest # Please change this to rustdesk\/rustdesk-server-pro:latest if you want to install Pro.\n    command: hbbs\n    volumes:\n      - .\/data:\/root\n    network_mode: host\n    depends_on:\n      - hbbr\n    restart: always\n\n  hbbr:\n    container_name: hbbr\n    image: rustdesk\/rustdesk-server:latest # Please change this to rustdesk\/rustdesk-server-pro:latest if you want to install Pro.\n    command: hbbr\n    volumes:\n      - .\/data:\/root\n    network_mode: host\n    restart: always<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Click Next<\/em>, skip the web portal settings, and finish the dialog. The containers hbbr<\/code> and hbbs<\/code> will be created and started. If successful, you\u2019ll find several files under \/docker\/rustdesk\/data<\/code>. The server is now ready.<\/p>\n\n\n
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The Container Manager supports Docker Compose.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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If the container get greated and started successfully, you can find these files in the data directory..<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n