noVNC

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VNC client web application observed · 2026-09-23

github.com/novnc/noVNC · homepage · JavaScript · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-09-23

Health v2 · maintenance only

77/100

Activity 93
Release rhythm 42
Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 411
age_days: 6041
days_rel: 175
days_push: 43
n_releases_24m: 2

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

14042 stars · 2666 forks observed · 2026-09-23

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 2026-09-23 · 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	77
novnc/websockify	backend	57

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="novnc/noVNC")

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