A workbench, not a pile of windows
Sessions open in tabs. Split a group to the right or below, pin what you always need, drag a tab to another group, or move a session into its own window on a second monitor.
Early access · Windows 10 and 11
Every remote desktop, one workbench
PluggedDesk keeps the computers you look after in one tree and opens them in tabs you can split, pin and move to another window, the way your editor does. It starts locked down, and it tells you exactly what it is doing.
Version 0.5.0 Signed updates No usage tracking
Why PluggedDesk
Built for the person with forty servers and one screen
A remote desktop client opens a window. A workbench keeps your whole estate within reach, remembers how you like each computer shown, and gets out of the way.
Your estate, in order
Folders, computers and connections in one tree, with favourites, recents and a search that finds anything in a keystroke. Settings are inherited, so you set a rule once for a whole folder.
Locked down from the first run
Network Level Authentication on, certificates checked strictly, every redirection off until you turn it on. There is no switch that ignores certificate errors, because nobody should need one.
Tabs and groups
Tabs that behave the way your editor taught you
Right-click any tab. Close it, close the others, close everything to its right. Pin it so that it stays first and stays open. Split it to the side and keep watching one server while you work on another.
- Split right, left, up or down, and drag tabs between groups and windows
- Move a session into a new window, or open a second view of it there
- The layout is remembered: open PluggedDesk tomorrow and it is as you left it
Display
Three settings, three names, no guessing
Resolution is the size of the remote desktop. Fit is how that desktop sits in your tab. Scale is how large the remote computer draws its own text. PluggedDesk never calls one of them by another's name, and you can change each of them while the session is running.
- Set an exact resolution, or let the desktop follow the tab
- Scale stays at 100% up to 1920 × 1080, whatever your own screen is set to
- When a server cannot resize a running session, PluggedDesk says so and offers to reconnect at the size you asked for
Updates
An update is trusted because it is signed, not because of where it came from
Every release carries a manifest signed with the PluggedDesk release key. The application checks that signature against a key compiled into it, then checks the installer's size and SHA-256 against the signed manifest. A server, a mirror or a network in between can refuse you an update. None of them can hand you a forged one.
- Only a newer version is ever offered: an old release cannot be replayed to take you backwards
- Nothing downloads until you agree, and you can skip a version
Day to day
The small things you do a hundred times a day
A clipboard that carries work
Text, images and files cross in both directions. Files can be refused while text and images still pass.
Credentials in the vault
Asked for once, remembered only when you say so, and then kept in Windows Credential Manager.
Find anything
Ctrl K searches folders, computers and connections, and opens what you pick.
Bring what you have
Import your .rdp files. Saved passwords inside them are dropped, and you are told how many.
Getting started
From a license key to a first session
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Sign in
With your Exprezoe account, or with a license key you were given.
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Download and verify
Download the installer and check its SHA-256 against the one shown.
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Activate
Enter the key in PluggedDesk once. The installation takes one seat, which you can give back at any time.
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Build your workspace
Add folders and computers, or import your
.rdpfiles, and connect.
Plainly
Where PluggedDesk is today
You are choosing a tool that will hold the way into your servers. You should know what is finished, what is not, and what we have only tested ourselves.
| Area | Today |
|---|---|
| Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit | Available |
| Remote Desktop (RDP) sessions | Available |
| Sessions through PluggedHub | Being built |
| macOS and Linux | Not built yet |
| Installer signed with a publisher certificate | Not yet verify the checksum |
Questions
Asked before you have to ask
What is PluggedDesk?
A desktop application for people who look after many computers. It keeps your computers and connections in one tree, opens remote sessions in tabs that you can split, pin and move to other windows, and starts from secure defaults.
Which protocols does it speak?
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) today, through the FreeRDP engine, which runs in its own process beside the application. Sessions through PluggedHub are being built and are not part of a release yet.
Does it run on macOS or Linux?
Not yet. PluggedDesk is built on a cross-platform toolkit, but only the Windows build exists and has been tested. We will say so here when that changes, and not before.
Where are my passwords kept?
In Windows Credential Manager, and only when you tick Remember. Otherwise a password lives for one connection attempt and is wiped afterwards. Passwords are never written to the workspace file and never passed on a command line.
How do updates reach me?
PluggedDesk checks the update channel, verifies the release's signature against a key built into the application, downloads the installer when you agree, and checks its size and SHA-256 before running it. It never installs an older version.
How do I get a license?
PluggedDesk is in early access. Request access with the form on this site; a license key is issued to you by a person at Exprezoe.
PluggedDesk is in early access
Licenses are issued to teams we can support well while the product takes shape. Tell us about your team and what you look after. Every request is read by a person.