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TurboVNCThinLinc
Free

Free and open source under the GPL. The project relies on sponsorship and funded…

 Freemium

Free for small deployments; larger installations need paid licences.

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
  • Native and web clients
  • Free tier for small deployments
  • VNC has no built-in encryption by default; you tunnel it over SSH or configure TLS
  • Setting up VirtualGL alongside it is genuinely involved
  • Proprietary
  • Aimed at organisations more than single home users
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source Closed source
License: GPL-2.0 License not stated
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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