TigerVNC

The bug fix release TigerVNC 1.16.1 is now available. This release is primarily a security release to fix an issue in x0vncserver, where other users can observe and manipulate the screen contents. Users of x0vncserver are advised to update immediately.

The release also contains a fix for using the Plain security type with the new w0vncserver, as well as some translation updates.

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.16.1

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

TigerVNC 1.16.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since the last release, but the highlights are:

• The native viewer has a new keyboard shortcut system to control the viewer, replacing the F8 shortcut and allowing easier access to toggle full-screen mode and redirecting system keys
• The native viewer now supports sending system keys even in windowed mode
• Added a new server called w0vncserver for sharing Wayland desktops
• The Java viewer has more fine-grained control of scaling the session
• The native viewer uses a different method to intercept system keys on macOS, which will require explicit user approval
• The native viewer has an improved server field, with searchable history
• The native viewer now intercepts and forwards all¹ system keys on Windows
• The native viewer is now

A beta of TigerVNC 1.16.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:

• The native viewer has a new keyboard shortcut system to control the viewer, allowing easier access to toggle full-screen mode and redirecting system keys
• The native viewer now supports sending system keys even in windowed mode
• Added a new server called w0vncserver for sharing Wayland desktops
• The Java viewer has more fine-grained control of scaling the session
• The native viewer uses a different method to intercept system keys on macOS, which will require explicit user approval
• The native viewer has an improved server field, with searchable history
• The native

TigerVNC 1.15.0 is now available. The prominent changes for this release are:

• The native viewer and Unix servers now support the back and forward mouse buttons
• The Unix servers can now handle any number of keys that are missing from the server keyboard layout, rather than just a few
• x0vncserver now supports clipboard redirection
• The native viewer can remember the username and password when reconnecting
• Both the native and Java viewer can now show a standard arrow cursor, not just a dot cursor, if the server cursor is blank
• vncpasswd can now check password complexity with pwquality

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.15.0

Regards
The TigerVNC Developers

A beta of TigerVNC 1.15.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:

• The native viewer and Unix servers now support the back and forward mouse buttons
• The Unix servers can now handle any number of keys that are missing from the server keyboard layout, rather than just a few
• x0vncserver now supports clipboard redirection
• The native viewer can remember the username and password when reconnecting
• Both the native and Java viewer can now show a standard arrow cursor, not just a dot cursor, if the server cursor is blank
• vncpasswd can now check password complexity with pwquality

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

The bugfix release TigerVNC 1.14.1 is now available. This release fixes a number of regressions, the most prominent being:

• Default installation of native viewer can once again handle VncAuth
• Graphic acceleration now can now be disabled through the vncserver config file the same way as other features
• Command vncpasswd can again correctly update passwords
• Native viewer once again consider passwd file that contain more than one password valid
• Native viewer can once again connect to RealVNC servers
• Users of x0vncserver should no longer experience the mouse cursor moving to the upper left corner
• H264 encoding no longer causes crashing

Binaries are available from SourceForge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.14.1

Regards
The TigerV

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 c

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