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| Initial release | v1.0 / 2001[1] |
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| Stable release | Linux: 1.3.10; Windows: 2.8.81
/ May 4, 2023 |
| Written in | C, C++, Java[2] |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Linux |
| Available in | English[2] |
| Type | Remote administration |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | tightvnc |
TightVNC is a free and open-source remote desktop software server and client application for Linux and Windows. A server for macOS is available under a commercial source code license only, without SDK or binary version provided.[3] Constantin Kaplinsky developed TightVNC,[4] using and extending the RFB protocol of Virtual Network Computing (VNC) to allow end-users to control another computer's screen remotely.
- ^ "All releases of TightVNC - Freecode".
- ^ a b "SourceForge.net: TightVNC".
- ^ Server for macOS
- ^ Wolf, Chris (2003). "4: Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools". Troubleshooting Microsoft Technologies: The Ultimate Administrator's Repair Manual. The Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology Series. Boston: Addison-Wesley Professional. p. 121. ISBN 9780321133458. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
TightVNC (www.tightvnc.com) is an improved version of AT&T's Virtual Network Computing (VNC) Viewer that was spearheaded by Constantin Kaplinsky.