TurboVNC

Free plan

What the maker publishes

Access mode

both source

Browser access

Built-in WebSockets support allows noVNC and other browser-based VNC viewers to connect without a proxy. source

Community support

Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, openSUSE, Ubuntu interim releases, and other listed open source environments receive community-level support. source

Compression

TurboVNC uses accelerated Tight encoding and SIMD-accelerated JPEG and zlib processing. source

Free plan

Yes source

GPU workloads

Integration with VirtualGL enables GPU-accelerated OpenGL for an entire TurboVNC session. source

Integrations

The site lists VirtualGL, noVNC, LibVNC, TigerVNC, and UltraVNC among software that integrates with or uses TurboVNC. source

Intended use

The project describes TurboVNC with VirtualGL as a solution for remotely displaying 3D applications over different types of networks. source

Operating systems

Officially supported systems include RHEL and Ubuntu LTS on x86-64 and AArch64, macOS for the viewer, and Windows for the viewer. source

Professional services

Paid professional services include custom features, environment integration, performance evaluation, and enterprise or long-term support. source

Purpose

TurboVNC is a VNC derivative tuned for high performance with 3D and video workloads. source

Release integrity

The project says files in each official release are signed and provides instructions for verifying release signatures. source

Remote display

It sends remote framebuffer updates using the RFB protocol and is compatible with other VNC distributions that support Tight encoding. source

Security

The viewer supports SSH tunneling, multi-level SSH tunneling, TLS encryption, and configurable authentication policies. source

Supported platforms

Linux,macOS,Windows,web browser source

Support limits

Enterprise Linux other than RHEL derivatives and Ubuntu LTS, and architectures other than x86-64 and AArch64, require a paid support contract for testing and support. source

Two-factor authentication

The server can use the OATH Toolkit PAM module to add TOTP-based two-factor authentication. source

Checked against the maker's pages on 12 Oct 2026.