🖼 VNC Viewer for macOS

Ido Montekyo
idomongo
Published in
Mar 27, 2022

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TigerVNC

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system that uses the Remote Frame Buffer protocol (RFB) to remotely control another computer. It transmits the keyboard and mouse input from one computer to another, relaying the graphical-screen updates, over a network.

Which VNC viewer/client can I use on macOS?

There are several VNC clients for macOS. Most of which are not free. However, TigerVNC is free and can be downloaded via their page on GitHub. The current version can be downloaded from here.

TigerVNC was originally based on the (never-released) VNC 4 branch of TightVNC. More information regarding the motivation for creating this project can be found in the project announcement.

Important note: the version which is installed via homebrew E.g. “brew install tiger-vnc” did not work well for me. So, I highly recommend installing manually and not via homebrew

TigerVNC logo source: wikipedia

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Ido Montekyo
idomongo

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