install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%

brew install --cask tigervnc

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Multi-platform VNC client and server

Project links

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

history

Project history and usage

TigerVNC is a high-performance, multi-platform VNC client-and-server suite for viewing and exporting remote graphical desktops over the RFB protocol.

Project history

TigerVNC began as a next-generation TightVNC effort for Unix and Linux and split from TightVNC in early 2009 when the parent project concentrated on Windows. The codebase combines RealVNC 4 and X.org foundations and accelerates Tight encoding with libjpeg-turbo.

Adoption history

TigerVNC is distributed by multiple operating-system and Linux-distribution projects, including Fedora, openSUSE, FreeBSD, Arch Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise. It is used both as a desktop viewer and as server components for virtual or existing displays.

How it is used

The native vncviewer connects to remote VNC servers and can load saved .tigervnc connection profiles. On Unix-like hosts, Xvnc creates virtual desktops, while x0vncserver shares an existing display; vncpasswd creates the password file used for VNC authentication.

Why package nerds care

TigerVNC is one of the central open implementations of the VNC/RFB ecosystem and carries lineage from RealVNC, TightVNC, and X.org. Its combination of a native viewer, Unix display servers, cross-platform protocol support, and distribution packaging makes it a recurring building block in remote-desktop stacks.

Timeline

2009: Split from TightVNC as an independent project
2020: Official support for the Windows server was dropped
2024: New installations adopted XDG base-directory paths and the Unix server gained modern graphics support

Related projects

TightVNC
RealVNC
X.org
libjpeg-turbo
noVNC
RFB protocol

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for tigervnc. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tigervnc/default.tigervnc~/.config/tigervnc/default.tigervnc$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tigervnc/config~/.config/tigervnc/config

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tigervnc/passwd~/.config/tigervnc/passwd

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
No executable data was present.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-11-04

manager version1.16.2

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://tigervnc.org/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://tigervnc.org/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	cask:tigervnc
Version	1.16.2
Package manager	Homebrew Cask
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/tigervnc
Homepage	https://tigervnc.org/
Upstream docs	https://tigervnc.org/
Source archive	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/tigervnc/TigerVNC-1.16.2.dmg
SHA-256	aa0ef07e4ebe4f068cbf1118273459b5b616177cb6abf15a538af018ebfb5933
Bottle	not recorded
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew cask API
Tap	homebrew/cask
Full Token	tigervnc
Names	TigerVNC
Old Tokens	tigervnc-viewer
Artifacts	App 1 Target 1 Zap 1
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

zypper95%

tigervnc-x11vnc 1.16.1-3.1

Wrapper that starts x0vncserver

https://tigervnc.org/

sudo zypper install tigervnc-x11vnc

License: GPL-2.0-only AND MIT
Category: System/X11/Servers/XF86_4
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: tigervnc
2 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Tigervnc

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: tigervnc-x11vnc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/tigervnc.yml

Used sources

cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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