Command-line tool

freerdp

brew/freerdp

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

X11 implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install freerdp

Linux

brew install freerdp

Connect to a FreeRDP server

xfreerdp /u:username /p:password /v:host

Connect to a FreeRDP server with a custom window width and height

xfreerdp /v:host /u:username /p:password /w:width_in_pixels /h:height_in_pixels

Connect to a FreeRDP server with dynamic resolution

xfreerdp /v:host /u:username /p:password /dynamic-resolution

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