raweb

RAWeb

A web interface and workspace provider for your RemoteApps and Desktops hosted on Windows 10, 11, and Server.

A web interface and workspace provider for viewing and managing your RemoteApps and Desktops hosted on Windows 10, 11, and Server.

To set up RemoteApps on your PC without RAWeb, try RemoteApp Tool[^rat].

[^rat]: If RemoteApp Tool is on the same device as RAWeb, enable TSWebAccess for each app that should appear in RAWeb. If on a different device, export RDP files and icons and follow the instructions to add them to RAWeb.

Features

• A web interface for viewing and managing your RemoteApp and Desktop RDP connections
  • Search the list of apps and devices
  • Favorite your most-used apps and devices for easy access
  • Sort apps and desktops by name, date modified, and terminal server
  • Stale-while-revalidate caching for fast load times
  • Progressive web app with window controls overlay support
  • Download RDP files for your apps and devices, or directly launch them in Windows App or mstsc.exe[^2]
  • Add, edit, and remove RemoteApps and desktops directly from the web interface.
  • Follows the style and layout of Fluent 2 (WinUI 3)
• Fully-compliant Workspace (webfeed) feature to place your RemoteApps and desktop connections in:
  • The Start Menu of Windows clients
  • The Android/iOS/iPadOS/macOS Windows app
• Web client connection method[^webclient]
• File type associations on webfeed clients
• Different RemoteApps for different users and groups
• A setup script for easy installation

[^2]: Directly launching apps and devices requires additional software.
On Windows, install the Remote Desktop Protocol Handler app from the Microsoft Store or install it with WinGet (winget install "RDP Protocol Handler" --source msstore).
On macOS, install Windows App from the Mac App Store.
On iOS or iPadOS, install Windows App Mobile from the App Store.
Not supported on Android.

[^webclient]: The web client requires RAWeb to be installed on a server with Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2).

Installation

1. Download and run the installer for the latest release.

2. Follow the prompts.

3. Install web client prerequisites.
   If you plan to use the web client connection method, follow the instructions in our web client prerequisites documentation to install and configure the required software.

[!IMPORTANT] The installer will retrieve the pre-built version of RAWeb from the latest release and install it to C:\Program Files\RAWeb. Refer to the release page for more details.

[!NOTE] If Internet Information Services (IIS) or other required components are not already installed, the RAWeb installer will retrieve and install them.

To install other versions, visit the the releases page on GitHub.

For other installations methods, including non-interactive installation and manual installation in IIS, refer to our installation documentation.

Using RAWeb

By default, RAWeb is available at https://127.0.0.1/RAWeb. To access RAWeb from other computers on your local network, replace 127.0.0.1 with your host PC or server's name. To access RAWeb from outside your local network, expose port 443 and replace 127.0.0.1 with your public IP address.

The following administrator resources from the RAWeb wiki are also helpful when getting started:

• Publishing RemoteApps and Desktops
• Supported environments
• File type associations for RAWeb webfeed clients
• Trusting the RAWeb server SSL certificate
• Configure hosting server and terminal server aliases

The follow user guides from the RAWeb wiki are helpful for learning how to use RAWeb:

• Sign in to RAWeb
• Connection methods for accessing remote resources
• View connection properties for a RemoteApp or desktop
• View modes, sorting, and filtering
• Favorites
• Access resources via the web client

Translations

Please follow the instructions at TRANSLATING.md to add or update translations.

Screenshots

A web interface for your RemoteApps and desktops:

Add and edit RemoteApps and desktops directly from the web interface:

Webfeed puts RemoteApps in Windows client Start Menu:

Android RD Client app subscribed to the webfeed/workspace: