A collection of Rust crates providing an implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol, with a focus on security.

Supported codecs:

• Uncompressed raw bitmap
• Interleaved Run-Length Encoding (RLE) Bitmap Codec
• RDP 6.0 Bitmap Compression
• Microsoft RemoteFX (RFX)

A full-fledged RDP client based on IronRDP crates suite, and implemented using non-blocking, asynchronous I/O.

cargo run --bin ironrdp-client -- <HOSTNAME> --username <USERNAME> --password <PASSWORD>

Example of utilizing IronRDP in a blocking, synchronous fashion.

This example showcases the use of IronRDP in a blocking manner. It demonstrates how to create a basic RDP client with just a few hundred lines of code by leveraging the IronRDP crates suite.

In this basic client implementation, the client establishes a connection with the destination server, decodes incoming graphics updates, and saves the resulting output as a BMP image file on the disk.

cargo run --example=screenshot -- --host <HOSTNAME> --username <USERNAME> --password <PASSWORD> --output out.bmp

Run the following PowerShell commands, and reboot.

Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services' -Name 'ColorDepth' -Type DWORD -Value 5
Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services' -Name 'fEnableVirtualizedGraphics' -Type DWORD -Value 1

Alternatively, you may change a few group policies using gpedit.msc:

1. Run gpedit.msc.

2. Enable Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Remote Desktop Services/Remote Desktop Session Host/Remote Session Environment/RemoteFX for Windows Server 2008 R2/Configure RemoteFX

3. Enable Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Remote Desktop Services/Remote Desktop Session Host/Remote Session Environment/Enable RemoteFX encoding for RemoteFX clients designed for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

4. Enable Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Remote Desktop Services/Remote Desktop Session Host/Remote Session Environment/Limit maximum color depth

5. Reboot.

IronRDP libraries follow a conservative Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) policy. The MSRV is the oldest stable Rust release that is at least 6 months old, bounded by the Rust version available in Debian stable-backports and Fedora stable. The pinned toolchain in rust-toolchain.toml is both the project toolchain and the MSRV validated by CI. See ARCHITECTURE.md for the full policy.

See the ARCHITECTURE.md document.

• Report bugs in the issue tracker
• Discuss the project on the matrix room