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OpenDesk - Open Source VDI Management Platform

Simple · Efficient · Open Source · Making Desktop Cloud Accessible

✨ Product Introduction

OpenDesk is an open source VDI management platform built on Proxmox VE (PVE).

Through a unified web console, it enables virtual desktop lifecycle management, resource scheduling, and access control.

Users access desktops through RDP + RDPGW + Guacamole for a secure, efficient, and scalable desktop cloud experience.


⚡ Core Capabilities

🖥️ Virtual Machine Management

Unified VM lifecycle management based on PVE API, supporting creation / start/stop / allocation / recycling

🔐 Secure Access

Unified RDPGW + Guacamole entry with session isolation, permission control, and access auditing

⚡ High Performance Scheduling

Low-latency connection experience with GPU acceleration and dynamic resource allocation

📊 Operational Visualization

VM status monitoring, user session management, resource usage statistics

🧱 System Architecture

PVE Virtualization Layer

High-performance virtualization foundation based on KVM, providing stable resource pool

OpenDesk Management Layer

Unified scheduling and API management center, responsible for full lifecycle management of virtual desktops

RDPGW + Guacamole Gateway Layer

Provides unified access, traffic forwarding, secure authentication, and session control

RDP Client

Standard remote desktop protocol access, compatible with multi-platform thin clients