novnc/noVNC
VNC client web application
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
Ranks #498 of 2,845 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 18%).
No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 168 days ago, with 148 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a web-based VNC client implemented in JavaScript for remote desktop access via modern browsers.
- Enables VNC connections directly in browsers without additional software, supporting many authentication methods and encodings.
- Use for accessing and controlling remote desktops securely from any modern desktop or mobile browser.
- Use for integrating VNC client functionality into web applications requiring remote desktop capabilities.
- Use for deploying multi-instance VNC access services using snap packages with easy configuration and WebSocket proxy support.
Should you depend on it?
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License
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Community files
- README: present
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From the README
noVNC is both a HTML VNC client JavaScript library and an application built on top of that library. noVNC runs well in any modern browser including mobile browsers (iOS and Android).
Many companies, projects and products have integrated noVNC including OpenStack, OpenNebula, LibVNCServer, and ThinLinc. See the Projects and companies wiki page for a more complete list with additional info and links.
The project website is found at novnc.com.
If you are a noVNC developer/integrator/user (or want to be) please join the noVNC discussion group.
Bugs and feature requests can be submitted via github issues. If you have questions about using noVNC then please first use the discussion group. We also have a wiki with lots of helpful information.
If you are looking for a place to start contributing to noVNC, a good place to start would be the issues that are marked as "patchwelcome". Please check our contribution guide though.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
2.7K+46
Open issues
112+8
Compared with peers in Frontend
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Oct 11, by 7-day star growth
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| heygen-com/hyperframes | 70.8K | +5.6K | 45 | today |
| vxcontrol/pentagi | 32.2K | +5.4K | 75 | 18 days ago |
| DuarteSantos8/openGym | 15.2K | +4.4K | 40 | today |
| chthollyphile/folia-major | 9.0K | +3.0K | 75 | today |
| Leonxlnx/taste-skill | 101.6K | +2.2K | 75 | 3 days ago |
| novnc/noVNC | 14.1K | +0 | 75 | 168 days ago |
| Category median | 32.2K | +4.4K | 75 | — |
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