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Rdesktop End of Life Has Arrived

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Docker Rdesktop has now been shutdown, If you require RDP access to an isolated desktop container, you will need to find an alternative. Otherwise, we recommend transitioning to Webtop.

As mentioned on our blog, in the repositories issues, and our info channel Rdesktop and its base images will no longer be built by us or supported.

Rdesktop End of Life

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0000

As mentioned on our blog, we are deprecating our Rdesktop images. Currently, only the Ubuntu tags are being built. In 30 days, we will cease these builds and archive the baseimage and main repository.

These images were originally created because our initial implementation of Webtop used Apache Guacamole, which allowed us to easily offer images with identical build logic that simply lacked that layer. Now that we have transitioned to an in-house web-native protocol, these images are no longer required and have not been actively maintained.

If you require RDP access to an isolated desktop container, you will need to find an alternative. Otherwise, we recommend transitioning to Webtop.

rdesktop Phased Deprecation Notice

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 23:00:00 +0000

Following the release of our Selkies-based Webtop images, we have decided to begin a phased deprecation of our rdesktop images. Due to substantial overhead in maintaining so many rdesktop-specific images, and with webtop now covering most use cases, this process will start with the removal of all non-Ubuntu image versions on 2025-09-30. If you are currently using a non-Ubuntu version of rdesktop we recommend migrating to one of the Ubuntu tags before this date.

Beyond this, we will reassess the usage of the remaining image versions and make a decision as to the viability of the rdesktop platform. Once a decision has been made we will publish information about the process and timescales involved.

New Container: Rdesktop

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

We have released a new container for Rdesktop!

Rdesktop - Ubuntu based containers containing full desktop environments in officially supported flavors accessible via RDP.