Frugal is secret-less Azure Virtual Desktop management and cost control that installs into your own Azure tenant.
FRUGAL
Azure Virtual Desktop management & cost control — in your own tenant.
secret-less · least-privilege · yours to run
$ curl -sL https://frugal.run/install.sh | bash -s -- --region <azure-region>
Copy it, then paste into Azure Cloud Shell ↗ (Bash). One secret-less install and you land as Admin — it runs the same on Windows, macOS or Linux.
// capabilities
Everything you run AVD with, in one console.
host pools
Create, operate, and tear down AVD host pools and their session hosts — pooled or personal — from one place.
auto-scale
Ramp capacity to real demand and power idle hosts down. Stop paying for empty desktops overnight and on weekends.
cost explorer
Live Azure cost sync with tag attribution. See exactly where the spend goes — per subscription, per tag.
golden images
Build, harden, and capture custom images, then roll them to pools straight from your shared gallery.
essential eight
One-click ACSC Maturity Level 1 & 2 hardening bundles, with a live compliance posture dashboard.
governance
Untagged and newly-created resources surfaced first — so sprawl and cost never sneak up on you.
scripted actions
Run built-in or your own scripts across session hosts: patching, configuration, hardening, cleanup.
scale
Tens of subscriptions, synced in parallel. Discovery is opt-in — nothing gets managed by surprise.
// how it runs
In your Azure. On your terms.
secret-less
Runs on a managed identity inside your tenant. No secrets, no keys, nothing to leak.
least-privilege
Constrained RBAC + ABAC, scoped to a single resource group. Never Owner. Never User Access Administrator.
your cloud
Installs into your own Azure subscription. Your data and your desktops never leave it.
seamless upgrades
Image-only rolls that preserve your database. Upgrade in place without losing state.
Security audits welcome. Frugal gets an identity that can act in your Azure — so don’t take our word for it, audit it. The install templates and the exact permissions it requests are public; the full source is available for review on request. Responsible disclosure and access requests — avd@frugal.run.
// the winrar model
Honest pricing. Actually honest.
No feature gates. No license keys. No nagware. Every capability is on for everyone, forever. If Frugal saves you money — and it will — chip in. That's the whole deal.
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