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TigerVNC
Initial releaseFebruary 27, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-02-27)
Stable release
1.12.0 / November 9, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-11-09)[1]
Repository
Written inC, C++, Java
Operating systemServer: Linux; Client: MS Windows (32-bit/64-bit) (NT/2000/XP), POSIX (Linux/BSD/OS X/UNIX-like OSes), MinGW/MSYS (MS Windows)
Available inEnglish
TypeRemote desktop, Remote administration, Distributed computing
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websitetigervnc.org

TigerVNC is an open source Virtual Network Computing (VNC) server and client software, started as a fork of TightVNC in 2009.[2] The client supports Windows, Linux and macOS. The server supports Linux. There is no server for macOS[3] and the Windows server as of release 1.11.0 is no longer maintained.[4]

Red Hat, Cendio AB, and TurboVNC maintainers started this fork because RealVNC had focused on their enterprise non-open VNC and no TightVNC update had appeared since 2006.[2] The past few years however, Cendio AB who use it for their product ThinLinc is the main contributor to the project.[5] TigerVNC is fully open-source, with development and discussion done via publicly accessible mailing lists and repositories.

TigerVNC has a different feature set than TightVNC, despite its origins. For example, TigerVNC adds encryption for all supported operating systems and not just Linux. Conversely, TightVNC has features that TigerVNC doesn't have, such as file transfers.

TigerVNC focuses on performance and on remote display functionality.[6]

TigerVNC became the default VNC implementation in Fedora shortly after its creation.[7]

A 2010 reviewer found the TigerVNC product "much faster than Vinagre, but not quite as responsive as Remmina".[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Releases - TigerVNC/tigervnc - GitHub". Retrieved 18 November 2021 – via GitHub.
  2. ^ a b Peter Åstrand (2009-02-27). "Open Letter: Leaving TightVNC, Founding TigerVNC". TightVNC mailing list. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  3. ^ "Maintain the Windows VNC server again · Issue #1213 · TigerVNC/Tigervnc".
  4. ^ "Release Notes 1.11.0". 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  5. ^ "TigerVNC | ThinLinc by Cendio". www.cendio.com. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  6. ^ "Review of TigerVNC". Podnova Windows Library. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
  7. ^ Adam Tkac (2009-03-04). "TightVNC feature has been renamed to TigerVNC". fedora-devel-list, Development discussions related to Fedora. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
  8. ^ Veitch, Nick (2010-09-17). "TeamViewer, TigerVNC, Vinagre and NoMachine NX". Reviews. Linux Format. No. 136. ISSN 1470-4234. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
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