You can find the new version TMD 2026.0.0 in the download page (you can check changes here). Some thought TMD was an experiment, which I’d abandoned to focus on other projects. This release proves that this is not true. In fact, from now on, the project’s goals are clearer. First of all, the software is now completely free, not only for personal use, but also for commercial purposes. This is because the project has finally freed itself from an uncertain phase of experimentation and false expectations set by third parties, which further slowed down its development. Now that the intentions are clearer and the software is free, it will be easier to develop and achieve the pre-established goals, as there is a broader scope for action, free from any restrictions. For example, there was the possibility of splitting the software in two, one free for personal use and one commercial, with the goal of being highly competitive with purely headless remote desktop software. This would have slowed everything down and commercialized a large part of the project, which would no longer be accessible to the public for free. However, the gain from this choice was very questionable, so I made the final decision not to do it. As a result, I was able to resume the development of this software without the crazy demands of commercial products, freely improving it and implementing new features, without excessive planning, marketing strategies, or having to worry about every single decision made. Version 2026.0 therefore adds some important missing features. Experimental support for Wayland is now available (but you still need to accept the remote session from user session before logging in with TMD, and the start screen still doesn’t work). Another important feature is file transport, which allows you to copy and paste files from the client desktop to the server desktop, in true RDP style (note: on Windows server it only works in “agentless” mode, while on Linux and macOS it has full support). Finally, high-performance hardware encoding and decoding have been added on macOS, through the GPU-only graphics pipeline. For the first time, it’s possible to encode video streams in h.264 format on macOS and decode at high resolution (4K) and high frame rate (60 fps).
High Performance Remote Desktop Software