Budget & platform independent IP-KVM solution built for systems running Linux. By using all USB protocol based hardware and involving the upstream v4l2 and alsa USB device drivers, DezKVM is able to run on most Linux embedded systems with no custom drivers required.
Warning
This project is in its very early stage and not production ready. Use with your own risk.
The Dezkvmd is a golang written piece of code that runs on a x86 or ARM computer with Debian based Linux installed. Require v4l2 and alsa with kernel 6.1 or above.
To build the Remdeskd, you will need go compiler. The go package manager will take care of the dependencies during your first build.
cd dezkvmd/
go mod tidy
go build
sudo ./dezkvmd
# or use ./dezkvmd -h to show all start optionsCreate a systemd service file at /etc/systemd/system/dezkvmd.service:
[Unit]
Description=dezKVM IP-KVM Daemon
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/DezKVM/src/dezkvmd
ExecStart=/path/to/DezKVM/src/dezkvmd/dezkvmd -mode=ipkvm
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.targetReplace /path/to/dezKVM with the actual path to your dezKVM installation directory.
Then enable and start the service:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable dezkvmd
sudo systemctl start dezkvmdCheck the service status:
sudo systemctl status dezkvmd
See hardware/pcbs/README.md
See firmware/README.md
By default, MS2109 HDMI capture card support the following resolutions. If you are connecting to your RemdesKVM via the internet (not recommended), pick a resolution and fps combination that best fit your network upload bandwidth. If you are using your RemdesKVM within your internal management network, you can just pick the FHD 25 / 30fps option since local area network are at least 100mbps at the time of writing.
// FHD
1920 x 1080 30fps = 50Mbps
1920 x 1080 25fps = 40Mbps
1920 x 1080 20fps = 30Mbps
1920 x 1080 10fps = 15Mbps
// HD
1360 x 768 60fps = 28Mbps
1360 x 768 30fps = 25Mbps
1360 x 768 25fps = 20Mbps
1360 x 768 20fps = 18Mbps
1360 x 768 10fps = 10Mbps
The USBKVM-App is a debug tool for the USB-KVM section of the DezKVM build that also serve as a USB-KVM viewer. It is used for checking if the USB-KVM subsystem works before integrating into a larger IP-KVM system. See tools/usbkvm-app/ for more information.
DezKVM Copyright (C) 2025 Toby Chui
DezKVM is free software; You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of:
- the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation. You don't have to do anything special to accept the license and you don’t have to notify anyone which that you have made that decision.
DezKVM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See your chosen license for more details.
You should have received a copy of both licenses along with DezKVM. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Note: There will be no support if you are using 3rd party parts or systems. If you are creating a new issue, make sure you are using the official implementation here with the recommended hardware and software setups