tigervnc

TigerVNC 1.14.0 is now available. The most prominent changes in this release are:

• Xvnc now supports hardware accelerated OpenGL and Vulkan on drivers that supports GBM¹
• The viewers and servers now follow the XDG Base Directory Specification, like "~/.config", for storing files in the home directory. Existing users will continue using the legacy "~/.vnc" directory, but new users will get the XDG directories.
• The native viewer now supports Apple's Diffie-Hellman and UltraVNC's MSLogonII authentication methods
• The Java viewer now supports RealVNC's RSA-AES authentication method
• Ubuntu 24.04 packages have been added
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Ubuntu 18.04 packages have been removed as they are EOL
• The native viewer has received a mild refresh of the UI appearance
• Reverse connections can now be forced to be view-only
• The special "%u" marker can be specified for "PlainUsers" to dynamically indicate the user running the server
• vncserver can be run without forking for better compatibility with more system service managers
• x0vncserver now supports systemd socket activation

¹ FOSS drivers and newer Nvidia drivers

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.14.0

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

A beta of TigerVNC 1.14.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:

• Xvnc now supports hardware accelerated OpenGL and Vulkan on drivers that supports GBM¹
• The viewers and servers now follow the XDG Base Directory Specification, like "~/.config", for storing files in the home directory. Existing users will continue using the legacy "~/.vnc" directory, but new users will get the XDG directories.
• The native viewer now supports Apple's Diffie-Hellman and UltraVNC's MSLogonII authentication methods
• The Java viewer now supports RealVNC's RSA-AES authentication method
• Ubuntu 24.04 packages have been added
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Ubuntu 18.04 packages have been removed as they are EOL
• The native viewer has received a mild refresh of the UI appearance
• Reverse connections can now be forced to be view-only
• The special "%u" marker can be specified for "PlainUsers" to dynamically indicate the user running the server
• vncserver can be run without forking for better compatibility with more system service managers
• x0vncserver now supports systemd socket activation

¹ FOSS drivers and newer Nvidia drivers

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/beta/1.14beta

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

The bugfix release TigerVNC 1.13.1 is now available. This release fixes the following critical issues:

• x0vncserver can either crash itself, or crash the X server it is connected to
• The servers might crash if the clipboard is updated just as a client is connected
• The vncserver service can fail to start on SELinux system if ~/.vnc doesn't exist

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.13.1

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

TigerVNC 1.13.0 is now available. The most prominent changes in this release are:

• The servers and native viewer now support RealVNC's RSA-AES authentication methods and encryption
• The native viewer is now translated to Romanian and Georgian
• The native viewer now (optionally) supports PiKVM's H.264 encoding
• The display settings for the native viewer have been overhauled to make them easier to understand
• The native viewer now supports adding exceptions for expired certificates
• Resolved an issue where full-screen mode didn't work in the native viewer on macOS 13
• Lock key synchronization has been re-enabled in the native viewer after being accidentally disabled in 1.11.0
• Xvnc/libvnc.so can now be built with Xorg 1.21
• x0vncserver is a bit better at handling differing server and client keyboard layout
• x0vncserver now correctly handles zaphod mode
• Added Ubuntu 22.04 and RHEL 9 packages

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.13.0

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

A beta of TigerVNC 1.13.0 is now available. The most prominent changes in this release are:

• The servers and native viewer now support RealVNC's RSA-AES authentication methods and encryption
• The native viewer is now translated to Romanian and Georgian
• The native viewer now (optionally) supports PiKVM's H.264 encoding
• The display settings for the native viewer have been overhauled to make them easier to understand
• The native viewer now supports adding exceptions for expired certificates
• Resolved an issue where full-screen mode didn't work in the native viewer on macOS 13
• Lock key synchronization has been re-enabled in the native viewer after being accidentally disabled in 1.11.0
• Xvnc/libvnc.so can now be built with Xorg 1.21
• x0vncserver is a bit better at handling differing server and client keyboard layout
• x0vncserver now correctly handles zaphod mode
• Added Ubuntu 22.04 and RHEL 9 packages

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/beta/1.13beta

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

TigerVNC 1.12.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since the last release, but the highlights are:

• The native viewer now supports full screen over a subset of monitors (e.g. 2 out of 3), and reacts properly to monitors being added or removed
• Recent server history in the native viewer
• The native viewer now has an option to reconnect if the connection is dropped
• Translations are now enabled on Windows and macOS for the native viewer
• The native viewer now respects the system security policy¹
• Better handling of accented keys in the Java viewer
• The Unix servers can now listen to both a Unix socket and a TCP port at the same time
• The network code in both the servers and the native viewer has been restructured to give a more responsive experience
• The vncserver service now correctly handles settings set to "0"
• Fixed the clipboard Unicode handling in both the native viewer and the servers
• Support for pointer "warping" in Xvnc and the native viewer, enabling e.g. FPS games

¹ except when GnuTLS is statically linked

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.12.0

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

A beta of TigerVNC 1.12.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:

• The native viewer now supports full screen over a subset of monitors (e.g. 2 out of 3), and reacts properly to monitors being added or removed
• Recent server history in the native viewer
• The native viewer now has an option to reconnect if the connection is dropped
• Translations are now enabled on Windows and macOS for the native viewer
• The native viewer now respects the system security policy¹
• Better handling of accented keys in the Java viewer
• The Unix servers can now listen to both a Unix socket and a TCP port at the same time
• The network code in both the servers and the native viewer has been restructured to give a more responsive experience
• The vncserver service now correctly handles settings set to "0"
• Fixed the clipboard Unicode handling in both the native viewer and the servers
• Support for pointer "warping" in Xvnc and the native viewer, enabling e.g. FPS games

¹ except when GnuTLS is statically linked

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/beta/1.12beta

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

TigerVNC 1.11.0 is now available. This is a new major release of TigerVNC, but also a security release. Users that rely on the TLS feature in the viewers are recommended to upgrade as soon as possible.

Lots of changes have been made since the last release, but the highlights are:

• A security issue has been fixed in how the viewers handle TLS certificate exceptions
• vncserver has gotten a major redesign to be compatible with modern distributions
• The native viewer now has touch gestures to handle certain mouse actions (e.g. scroll wheel)
• Middle mouse button emulation in the native viewer, for devices with only two mouse buttons
• The Java viewer now supports Java 9+, but also now requires Java 8+
• Support for alpha cursors in the Java viewer (a feature already supported in the native viewer)
• The password and username can now be specified via the environment for the native viewer
• Support for building Xvnc/libvnc.so with Xorg 1.20.7+ and deprecate support for Xorg older than 1.16
• The official builds have been fixed to work on the upcoming macOS 11
• The Windows server (WinVNC) is now packaged separately as it is unmaintained and buggy

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.11.0/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

A beta of TigerVNC 1.11.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since the last release, but the highlights are:

• vncserver has gotten a major redesign to be compatible with modern distributions
• The native viewer now has touch gestures to handle certain mouse actions (e.g. scroll wheel)
• Middle mouse button emulation in the native viewer, for devices with only two mouse buttons
• The Java viewer now supports Java 9+, but also now requires Java 8+
• Support for alpha cursors in the Java viewer (a feature already supported in the native viewer)
• The password and username can now be specified via the environment for the native viewer
• Support for building Xvnc/libvnc.so with Xorg 1.20.7+ and deprecate support for Xorg older than 1.16
• The Windows server (WinVNC) is now packaged separately as it is unmaintained and buggy

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/beta/1.11beta/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

This is a security release to fix a number of issues that were found by Kaspersky Lab. These issues affect both the client and server and could theoretically allow an malicious peer to take control over the software on the other side.

No working exploit is known at this time, and the issues require the peer to first be authenticated. We still urge users to upgrade when possible.

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.10.1/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

TigerVNC 1.10.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since the last release, but the highlights are:

• The clipboard now supports full Unicode in the native viewer, WinVNC and Xvnc/libvnc.so
• The native client will now respect the system trust store when verifying server certificates
• Improved compatibility with VMware's VNC server
• Improved compatibility with some input methods on macOS
• Improvements to the automatic "repair" of JPEG artefacts
• Better handling of the Alt keys in some corner cases
• The Java web server has been removed as applets are no longer support by most browsers
• x0vncserver can now be configured to only allow local connections
• x0vncserver has received fixes for when only part of the display is shared
• Polling is now default in WinVNC as that works better for most

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.10.0/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

A beta of TigerVNC 1.10.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:

• The clipboard now supports full Unicode in the native viewer, WinVNC and Xvnc/libvnc.so
• The native client will now respect the system trust store when verifying server certificates
• Improved compatibility with VMware's VNC server
• Improved compatibility with some input methods on macOS
• Improvements to the automatic "repair" of JPEG artefacts
• Better handling of the Alt keys in some corner cases
• The Java web server has been removed as applets are no longer support by most browsers
• x0vncserver can now be configured to only allow local connections
• x0vncserver has received fixes for when only part of the display is shared
• Polling is now default in WinVNC as that works better for most

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/beta/1.10beta/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

The new TigerVNC 1.9.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:

• Alternative, "raw" keyboard mode in the native client and all servers
• CapsLock/NumLock/ScrollLock synchronisation in the native client and all servers
• Automatic "repair" of JPEG artefacts on screen in all servers
• Support for UNIX sockets in the native client and in the UNIX servers
• Both clients now warn when sending the password over a possibly insecure channel
• Performance improvements in the Java client
• The Java client now requires Java 7
• Improved high latency handling in all servers
• Better keyboard handling in the native client on Windows
• Slightly better keyboard handling in x0vncserver
• x0vncserver now supports cursors and screen resize
• Xorg 1.20 can now be used as a base for Xvnc/libvnc.so

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.9.0/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

A beta of TigerVNC 1.9.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:

• Alternative, "raw" keyboard mode in the native client and all servers
• CapsLock/NumLock/ScrollLock synchronisation in the native client and all servers
• Automatic "repair" of JPEG artefacts on screen in all servers
• Support for UNIX sockets in the native client and in the UNIX servers
• Both clients now warn when sending the password over a possibly insecure channel
• Performance improvements in the Java client
• The Java client now requires Java 7
• Improved high latency handling in all servers
• Better keyboard handling in the native client on Windows
• Slightly better keyboard handling in x0vncserver
• x0vncserver now supports cursors and screen resize
• Xorg 1.20 can now be used as a base for Xvnc/libvnc.so

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/beta/1.9beta/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

The full release of TigerVNC 1.8.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:

• Overhaul of the Java client to match the look and behaviour of the native client
• Initial work for multi-threaded decoding in the Java client
• vncconfig no longer needed for clipboard with Xvnc/libvnc.so
• vncserver has system wide config support
• Reduced CPU usage in the native viewer on macOS
• macOS requirement raised to 10.6
• Full support for alpha cursors in Xvnc/libvnc.so and both viewers

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.8.0/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

A beta of TigerVNC 1.8.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:

• Overhaul of the Java client to match the look and behaviour of the native client
• Initial work for multi-threaded decoding in the Java client
• vncconfig no longer needed for clipboard with Xvnc/libvnc.so
• vncserver has system wide config support
• Reduced CPU usage in the native viewer on macOS
• macOS requirement raised to 10.5
• Full support for alpha cursors in Xvnc/libvnc.so and both viewers

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/beta/1.8beta/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

This is a security update for TigerVNC 1.7.0 which fixes a memory overflow issue via the RRE decoder. A malicious server could possibly use this issue to take control of the TigerVNC viewer.

Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.7.1/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

The proper release of TigerVNC 1.7.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:

• Multi-threaded decoder in the FLTK viewer
• Windows Vista/2008 is now the minimum requirement
• Improved SSH integration in the Java viewer
• Fine grained lock down of Xvnc parameters
• Compatibility with Xorg 1.18
• Lots of packaging fixes
• Better compatibility with Vino, both in the FLTK and Java viewer

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.7.0/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

A beta of TigerVNC 1.7.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:

• Multi-threaded decoder in the FLTK viewer
• Windows Vista/2008 is now the minimum requirement
• Improved SSH integration in the Java viewer
• Fine grained lock down of Xvnc parameters
• Compatibility with Xorg 1.18
• Lots of packaging fixes
• Better compatibility with Vino, both in the FLTK and Java viewer

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/beta/1.7beta/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

TigerVNC 1.6.0 is now available. This release is mostly about fixing various bugs and polishing existing features, but there are some notable new things:

• Multi-head support in the Java viewer
• Better certificate handling in the Java viewer, including host name verification

Note that this is the final version of TigerVNC with Windows XP support. The next version will require at least Windows Vista.

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.6.0/

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers