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* **Very low latency**
~100 milliseconds of video latency. This is the smallest delay of all existing solutions.
* **Extra lightweight and fancy Web-UI**
No weird proprietary Windows-only clients. No ugly Java applets. Just use your favorite browser to connect to Pi-KVM. Oh, and no flash plugin either!
No weird proprietary clients. No ugly Java applets. Just use your favorite browser to connect to Pi-KVM. Oh, and no flash plugin either!
* **Keyboard and mouse**
The mouse works directly in the browser. And the keyboard emulator supports displaying the key LEDs state.
* **Mass Storage Drive**
On the Raspberry Pi 4 and Zero Pi-KVM can emulate the virtual CD-ROM or Flash Drive. You can upload a live image and boot your server from it.
* **Power management**
* **ATX power management**
With a very simple circuit that can be assembled on a breadboard you can control the power of your server using the ATX buttons on the motherboard.
* **Authorization**
You can put Pi-KVM on the Internet and be sure that no one will get access to your server without permission. SSL encryption protects your traffic from being intercepted by third parties.
* **Security**
You can open Pi-KVM to the Internet and be sure that no one will get access to your server without password. SSL encryption protect the traffic from being intercepted by third parties.
* **Local monitoring**
The system monitors the health of the Raspberry Pi board and will tell you if it's too hot or not enough power.
Pi-KVM monitors the health of the Raspberry Pi board and will tell you if it's too hot or not enough power.
## Production-ready
* **Linux-based embedded OS**
The Pi-KVM OS is based on [Arch Linux ARM](https://archlinuxarm.org). It can be customized for any needs. You can use thousands of pre-built binary packages. Update with a single command!
The Pi-KVM OS is based on [Arch Linux ARM](https://archlinuxarm.org). It can be customized for any needs. Thousands of pre-built binary packages at your service. Update with a single command!
* **Read-only filesystem**
By default, the OS runs in read-only mode, as an embedded system should. You don't have to worry about the memory card being damaged due to a sudden power outage.
* **VNC server**
The managed server and its BIOS can be accessed using a regular VNC client that supports JPEG compression.
The managed server and its BIOS can be accessed using a regular VNC client which supports JPEG compression.
* **IPMI BMC**
Use `ipmitool`, `ipmiutil` or any thing in your network infrastructure that supports IPMI to monitor and manage the server's power.
* **Extensible authorization methods**
Multiple Pi-KVMs can be configured to use a [common authorization service](https://github.com/pikvm/kvmd-auth-server). You can also use PAM and its rich authorization mechanisms to integrate Pi-KVM into your existing auth infrastructure.
* **Macro scripts**
If you need to perform repetitive actions on your server (or on different servers), you can record the keyboard & mouse actions macro and then play it back many times.
If you need to perform repetitive actions on your server (or on different servers), you can record the macro with keyboard & mouse actions and play it back many times.
## 100% Open Source
## Open Source
* **Community & support**
Pi-KVM has a large community. Join the [discord chat](https://discord.gg/bpmXfz5) chat if you have any questions.
* **GPL**
All software components are fully open - PR welcome!
* **Extensible**
Pi-KVM is designed as a set of microservices with a plug-in architecture. It's very easy to fix and modify.
* **uStreamer**
We created [our own MJPG video server](https://github.com/pikvm/ustreamer) written on C with multi-threading and GPU video encoding. It can change the resolution in real time by signal from HDMI source, report statistics about the stream and [much more](https://github.com/pikvm/ustreamer/blob/master/README.md). This is the fastest streaming solution available.
Pi-KVM was designed as a set of microservices with a plug-in architecture. It's very easy to fix and modify.
* **Handy API**
Everything that can be done via the interface can also be done via the powerful HTTP API.
* **Know-how**
We created a lot of cool stuff, without which Pi-KVM would not be as good as it is.
We created [very own MJPG video server](https://github.com/pikvm/ustreamer) written on C with multi-threading and GPU video encoding - fastest streaming solution available to to provide the best video quality for Pi-KVM. We also made many other things and tested a lot of hardware so that you could just assemble the device and it would work immediately without any problems.
## Disclaimer