# citronneur/rdpy

Remote Desktop Protocol in Twisted Python

Repository: https://github.com/citronneur/rdpy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rdpy
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2021-06-28T18:46:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4708, "days_push": 1892, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1733, forks 541 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:28.909185+00:00)

## What it is
RDPY is a pure Python implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) built on the Twisted event-driven network engine, supporting both client and server sides plus VNC. It ships with binaries including an RDP client, screenshot tool, man-in-the-middle session recorder, and honeypot.

## Use cases
- implement RDP client or server in Python
- record RDP sessions through a man-in-the-middle proxy
- capture screenshots of RDP or VNC login screens
- set up an RDP honeypot for security research
- connect to remote desktops from the command line
- replay recorded RDP sessions with the RSS player

## When to choose
- you need programmatic or scriptable RDP/VNC protocol access in Python
- you are doing security research like honeypots or session recording
- you want a lightweight pure-Python RDP implementation to extend

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively maintained RDP client for daily use
- you require Python 3 compatibility or current PyQt versions
- you need high-performance full-featured remote desktop with modern RDP features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: networking, security, cli, gui
- domain: security, networking, developer-tools, penetration-testing
- platform: windows, python
- tags: rdp, vnc, remote-desktop, twisted, protocol-implementation, honeypot, mitm-proxy, screenshot, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- citronneur/rdpy (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.909185+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:31:27.087572+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/citronneur/rdpy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.909185+00:00, sha c0a259e9178e)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/rdpy/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:08:08.320944+00:00, sha b05fe67fbddd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.