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TurboVNC vs Selkies: catalog facts
TurboVNC	Selkies
Free Free and open source under the GPL. The project relies on sponsorship and funded…	Free Free and open source for self-hosting.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Tight encoding variant tuned for image-heavy applications, where ordinary VNC crawls With VirtualGL it displays 3D applications remotely at interactive speed	Browser-only access, no client install Hardware-accelerated low-latency streaming
VNC has no built-in encryption by default; you tunnel it over SSH or configure TLS Setting up VirtualGL alongside it is genuinely involved	Host side is Linux only Setup expects familiarity with containers
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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