I made StarDesk, P2P low latency remote desktop built for game and work

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I made StarDesk, P2P low latency remote desktop built for game and work

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stardesk.net

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Jan. 21, 2026

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Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.

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Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.

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Hi HN, I’m one of the devs behind StarDesk, a P2P-first remote desktop we’ve been building for ~1 year. We started this partly out of frustration: some popular RDP tools haven’t seen meaningful updates in a long time, and long-standing issues are often left unaddressed. As devs, we really dislike software that stagnates once it “works well enough”. StarDesk is our attempt to do it differently.What we focus on: -P2P by default (relay as fallback)-Low RTT + low jitter > chasing max bitrate-Encoder / input path tuned for real-time interaction-Modern E2EE (TLS/DTLS)UX-wise, setup is intentionally boring: PC-to-PC connection in ~5 minutes, no special env, no weird network config. This alone saved us a lot of time during daily work.StarDesk still early, WIP. Feature set is limited, but latency is already solid for real-time use. We plan to keep iterating fast and in public. And hope you can give us some ideas to bulid it stronger.If you’ve built or used low-latency remote or streaming systems, I’d love to hear your thoughts！

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