# TigerVNC/tigervnc

High performance, multi-platform VNC client and server

Repository: https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tigervnc
Homepage: https://tigervnc.org
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-21T12:22:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 64, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4452, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 160, "gap_med": 85.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7424, forks 1180 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:59.794943+00:00)

## What it is
TigerVNC is a high-performance, multi-platform implementation of VNC (Virtual Network Computing), providing both a client (vncviewer) and server for remote desktop access. It supports advanced authentication methods, TLS encryption, and a JPEG-accelerated Tight encoding for fast performance.

## Use cases
- access a remote Linux desktop from Windows
- run graphical applications on a remote server and view them locally
- set up a VNC server on a headless Linux machine
- remotely administer machines over an encrypted connection
- stream a remote desktop with low latency for video or 3D apps

## When to choose
- you need a fast, open-source VNC client or server across Linux, Windows, and macOS
- you want TLS encryption and advanced authentication for remote desktop sessions
- you need to run graphical apps on remote Unix/Linux machines
- you want a VNC implementation maintained by major distributions like Fedora and RHEL

## When to avoid
- you need the Windows VNC server (winvnc), which is unmaintained and may not work correctly
- you want a fully managed remote-desktop service with NAT traversal out of the box
- you need features like file transfer or session recording built in

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, networking, security
- domain: cross-platform, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: vnc, remote-desktop, remote-access, client-server, tls-encryption, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- TigerVNC/tigervnc (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:59.794943+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:37:44.843741+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:59.794943+00:00, sha 06af03a1ea6a)
  - homepage: https://tigervnc.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:33:13.243934+00:00, sha f9949f95b03b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.