NoMachine Free Edition is free to download and install for anyone who wants a remote desktop software for personal, or individual use. It cannot be installed on those machines you want to access in a business context or an enterprise environment. So, if you are looking for a remote access software to install on your PC or Mac in order to access your personal files and documents, remotely work on your personal projects, play games, view or upload your favorite multimedia, share its desktop with a friend etc, you can install the NoMachine Free Edition.

On the computer you want to access, install NoMachine Free Edition for your OS which you can download from https://www.nomachine.com/download.

On the device you connect from, install the right package for your operating system (available for Windows, Linux, Raspberry, Mac, iOS and Android). You can install any of the following packages: the NoMachine app for mobile devices, NoMachine Free Edition, NoMachine Enterprise Client. The Enterprise Client and the mobile app do not include the server component and can only be used on devices you want to connect from.

If you need to access your office computer, and provided it's not to carry out activities which would be considered "commercial usage" as per the EULA (https://www.nomachine.com/licensing), you can also install the free version.

What is considered private or individual use? The list can be endless and they can't all be clarified here, but some typical scenarios are:

- Accessing your own computer at home or at work to edit and view your personal files or projects.

- Accessing your family's or friend's computer to help them out.

- Sporadic remote administration of a computer.

So, what is considered commercial use?

A commercial user is defined as "an individual or entity, or an individual acting on behalf of an entity, who uses the Software, or causes the Software to be used within or to provide commercial products or services to third parties."

This means that on the host or computer you want to access, one of the NoMachine for the Enterprise products will be required. The alternative to the free NoMachine software package in order to access the physical desktop of the remote machine is NoMachine Enterprise Desktop.

Remember that on the connecting device, clients are free, so choose from Enterprise Client for your OS, or if you are connecting from iOS or Android, proceed to their respective stores to download our mobile app.

Some typical commercial scenarios:
 
- Offering access to a hosted desktop as part of your company's services for employees or customers.This includes academic and research institutions which want to offer hosted desktops to their students and staff.

- Reselling or using NoMachine software as part of a business-related service offering (for example, a service provider of desktops in the cloud, an organization/business offering services to third parties or to process third party data).

- Accessing a computer or multiple computers to carry out regular business-related activity for your organization.

A note on "Academic use": organizations that wish to provide remote access to students off-campus or as a remote learning/teaching tool is considered commercial usage and subscriptions for the remote computers being accessed will be required. An individual student who wishes to work on their projects off-campus independently may install the free version on their own computer provided they limit their usage to their own invidivudal work and are not using it to offer a service or process third party data on behalf of the organization. NoMachine offers special discounts for educational use, so please reach out to us to learn more about this.

Subscriptions to Enterprise Desktop are available to anyone who wants the benefit of technical assistance and unlimited connections on the remote desktop being accessed. See the following article for more details: https://www.nomachine.com/AR07L00808.

Compare NoMachine Free Edition with Enterprise Desktop: https://www.nomachine.com/remote-access-for-everyone

If you're still unsure whether your usage constitutes personal or private use, or have any questions about our commercial products in the Enterprise range, please contact us.