noVNC
VNC client web application observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
81/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 49
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 411
- age_days: 5993
- days_rel: 127
- days_push: 13
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
13965 stars · 2648 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
noVNC is an HTML5 VNC client implemented as both a JavaScript library and a web application that runs in any modern browser, including mobile. It is typically paired with websockify, a proxy that bridges WebSockets to raw TCP VNC servers.
Use cases
- access a remote desktop from a browser
- embed a VNC viewer in a web app
- provide browser-based console access to VMs
- view a remote Linux desktop on a tablet
- proxy VNC over WebSockets with websockify
- give cloud users noVNC console access to instances
When to choose
- you need browser-based remote desktop access without installing a client
- you want to embed VNC viewing into a web application
- you need mobile browser support for VNC
- you need to bridge WebSockets to a TCP VNC server
When to avoid
- you need high-performance native remote desktop with hardware acceleration
- you need protocols other than VNC such as RDP or SPICE
- you cannot run a WebSocket-to-TCP proxy near the VNC server
Facets
application · maturity stable
websocket gui http-server web-development developer-tools cross-platform browser python cross-platform vnc-client html5-canvas remote-desktop websockify browser-based web-server javascript
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/novnc/noVNC · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7e1dbb33a550
- homepage: https://novnc.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · bb592b428d6e
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/websockify/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 298443345b88
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| novnc/noVNC | main | 81 |
| novnc/websockify | backend | 61 |
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