Homeassistant App: Webtop

Full XFCE desktop, accessible via any modern web browser – integrated directly into Home Assistant. Based on the KasmVNC streaming stack from LinuxServer.io.

Base Image

This add-on is based on:

ghcr.io/linuxserver/baseimage-kasmvnc:debianbookworm

| Provider | LinuxServer.io |
| Operating System | Debian 12 (Bookworm) |
| Streaming | KasmVNC 1.3.x – delta-based, CPU-efficient |
| Init system | s6-overlay v3 |
| Desktop user | abc (UID 1000) |
Debian Bookworm will be provided with security updates until about 2028. Firefox, Thunderbird, VS Code and GitHub CLI are installed from the official repositories of the respective manufacturers. Bitwarden and Angry IP scanners are obtained as pinned versions via GitHub releases — a GitHub Actions workflow checks for new versions on a daily basis.

Features

• XFCE Desktop in the browser – no VNC client or RDP required
• ** KasmVNCstreaming** – CPU-efficient through delta-based screen streaming
• System language German – Locale, date, Firefox UI and Thunderbird set to German
• Firefox (current, from Mozilla's official repository)
• Thunderbird email client (German)
• Thunar file manager with SMB/CIFS network access (smb://server/share)
• LibreOffice Writer, Calc, Impress (German)
• Geany Code and text editor with syntax highlighting
• gedit text editor — opens SMB files from Thunar directly without wrapper
• gThumb Image Editor — shrink, crop, open directly from SMB shares
• Ristretto Image Viewer
• Flameshot Screenshot tool with annotations
• Atril PDF Viewer
• VS Code Code Editor with Extension Marketplace (current, from Microsoft's official repository)
• VLC media player
• **Remmina ** RDP/VNC/SSH Remote Desktop Client (incl. RDP and VNC plugin)
• Bitwarden Password Manager (desktop app)
• Angry IP Scanner Network Scanner (GUI)
• PuTTY SSH client
• Galculator Calculator
• Xarchiver Archive Manager (zip, tar, ...)
• nmap Network scanner (CLI)
• Baobab Storage analysis (graphical)
• Seahorse GNOME Keyring GUI — manage saved passwords (menu: accessory → passwords and keys)
• GNOME keyring – Passwords for network shares are stored permanently
• Persistent configuration across add-on updates (/config)
• Access to Home Assistant Shares (/share, /media, SSL certificates)

more Information: Github