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How to build on Linux

Run below on Linux or Mac (works on Windows too, however you may need to slightly modify some commands, e.g. change wget to curl.exe -O):

git clone https://github.com/JelleBuning/rustdesk.git
cd rustdesk
git switch fix_build
cd flutter/web/js

# Install protoc first, see: https://google.github.io/proto-lens/installing-protoc.html
npm install ts-proto
# Only works with vite <= 2.8, see: https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/docs/guide/build.md#chunking-strategy
npm install vite@2.8

# Required for yarn build
npm install yarn -g
npm install typescript -g
npm install protoc -g

yarn build

cd ..

# About details of YUV converter, check this https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/issues/364#issuecomment-1023562050
wget https://github.com/rustdesk/doc.rustdesk.com/releases/download/console/web_deps.tar.gz
# Decompress to the current directory
tar xzf web_deps.tar.gz

cd ..

# Good Luck!
flutter run -d chrome

How to build release on Linux

If you want to host the web client you should build a release before running it on a web server. To do so follow the steps shown above except the flutter run -d chrome command. Continue with the following commands:

flutter build web --release
cd build/web
# You could use any server, just an example
python -m http.server 8000

To configure the build on HTTPS we would recommend following the instructions from the following source.

Currently, YUV converter and VP9 are the bottleneck.

How to build with Docker

Run below on Linux or Mac:

• Begin by installing flutter for Linux or macOS
• Setup the flutter app locally:

git clone https://github.com/JelleBuning/rustdesk.git
cd rustdesk
git switch fix_build
cd flutter/web/js

# Install protoc first, see: https://google.github.io/proto-lens/installing-protoc.html
npm install ts-proto
# Only works with vite <= 2.8, see: https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/docs/guide/build.md#chunking-strategy
npm install vite@2.8

# Required for yarn build
npm install yarn -g
npm install typescript -g
npm install protoc -g

yarn build

• Create a Dockerfile with the following content under flutter directory:

# Install operating system and dependencies
FROM ubuntu:20.04

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y curl git wget unzip libgconf-2-4 gdb libstdc++6 libglu1-mesa fonts-droid-fallback lib32stdc++6 python3 clang cmake ninja-build pkg-config libgtk-3-dev
RUN apt-get clean

# Download Flutter SDK from Flutter GitHub repo
RUN git clone https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git /usr/local/flutter

# Set flutter environment path
ENV PATH="/usr/local/flutter/bin:/usr/local/flutter/bin/cache/dart-sdk/bin:${PATH}"

# Run flutter doctor
RUN flutter doctor

# Enable flutter web
RUN flutter channel master
RUN flutter upgrade
RUN flutter config --enable-web

# Copy files to container and build
RUN mkdir /app/
# I was unable to build web app from dockerfile
# So instead I built it locally and commented the "flutter build web" in this file
COPY . /app/
WORKDIR /app/
# RUN flutter build web

# Record the exposed port
EXPOSE 5000

# Make server startup script executable and start the web server
RUN ["chmod", "+x", "/app/server/server.sh"]

ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/server/server.sh"]

• Create server directory under flutter
• Create a server.sh file with the following content under flutter/server directory:

#!/bin/bash

# Set the port
PORT=5000

# Stop any program currently running on the set port
echo 'preparing port' $PORT '...'
fuser -k 5000/tcp

# Switch directory
cd build/web/

# Start the server
echo 'Server starting on port' $PORT '...'
python3 -m http.server $PORT

• Build the Docker image:

docker build -t rustdesk-web-client .

• Run the Docker image:

docker run -p 5000:5000 rustdesk-web-client

• Open your browser and go to localhost:5000 to see the web app

RustDesk Web Client using existing Docker image

If you do not want to build the Docker image yourself, you can use the image I built and uploaded to Docker Hub.

• Pull the image:

docker pull keyurbhole/flutter_web_desk

• Run the image:

docker run -p 5000:5000 keyurbhole/flutter_web_desk

• Open your browser and go to localhost:5000 to see the web app