The reason half my machines still run X11 isn’t nostalgia. Remote access on Wayland meant someone had to sit at the box and approve the session — useless when that box is a server in a locker, or on a boat three marinas away.
RustDesk — my pick anyway, because you can self-host the whole thing — now does true unattended access on Wayland, including from the login screen after a reboot. That last bit is the part that matters: a reboot is exactly when nobody’s there.
It’s a preview build, x86_64 Debian/Ubuntu only, and they’re asking for real-world testing before making it the default. If you’ve got a Wayland machine you can afford to briefly lose, now’s the time. Mine’s queued.
The story — RustDesk has released a preview build offering true unattended remote access on Wayland, with no one needed at the remote machine to approve sessions. Multi-monitor setups are supported, and after initial setup you can connect even when nobody is present, including from the login screen after a reboot. The build targets x86_64 Debian/Ubuntu-based systems; RustDesk wants more testing before making it default, then plans to extend it to Fedora and Arch Linux and eventually the standard releases. The post notes AnyDesk still requires Xorg for incoming Linux sessions, while TeamViewer describes its Wayland support as experimental. (Source)