Can RStudio Desktop be used as a client to RStudio Server? (instead of the web interface)

Question

I am aware that I can use RStudio server on my remote machine, and connect to that via a web browser on my client machine.

However, I would prefer not to use my web browser. Is it possible to set up RStudio Desktop to connect to the RStudio Server?

Many thanks

[No.](https://support.rstudio.com/hc/communities/public/questions/200742083-Local-RStudio-and-remote-R-session) — Roland, Oct 01 '14 at 12:37
Also [No](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25735669/rstudio-desktop-integration-with-linux-server) (prev SO q w/o an answer :-) — hrbrmstr, Oct 01 '14 at 13:48

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22

There is an alternative: create Rstudio Server webapp.

This is how I did it:

Login to the rstudio server from the browser using serverip:8787
On the menu bar, go to File (or Tools in some cases) -> Create application shortcut. This dialogue box will appear: Rstudio shortcut
Add it to your desktop by selecting and run it as if you're running rstudio desktop version. Rstudio webapp screenshot

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