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Theme fund: NGI0 Commons Fund
Start: 2026-04

Arcan-A12 Endpoints

Unifying distributed remote desktops

A12 is a next generation remote desktop protocol built on the principles of "one desktop, many devices" and "your desktop, reaching out". This means that all your devices, big and small, should be able to join together to form a unified whole and for you to be able to share slices of this with others. It has a complementary extension, 'A12-Directory' which adds a network of servers for load balancing, distributed storage, search/retrieval, application hosting and discovery. With 'A12-Endpoints' we seek to expand the range of applications, media and document formats that can be hosted, as well as the kinds of devices that can participate.

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This project was funded through the NGI0 Commons Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101135429. Additional funding is made available by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).