Practical help between working IT people
Sysadmins, developers, open-source contributors, and commercial customers comparing notes on real VNC deployments. Reading is open to everyone; an account lets you post, join groups, and subscribe to topics.
10
members
14
threads
8
groups
Latest across the community
Full activity streamVNC.com community started What should VNC.com cover that it does not cover yet? in Feature Ideas and Community Feedback.
VNC.com community started What are you building on top of VNC, and where does the protocol get in your way? in Developer and Integration Topics.
VNC.com community started What breaks for you on macOS, and at which version did it start? in VNC on macOS.
VNC.com community started What are you using RealVNC Connect for, and what would you want to ask about it? in RealVNC Connect.
VNC.com community started Which open source VNC project did you settle on, and what made you stay? in Open Source VNC.
VNC.com community started How do you handle VNC across an untrusted network? in Security and Remote Access.
VNC.com community started What is the first thing you check when a session will not connect? in Using VNC Technology.
VNC.com community started Start here: what this community is for, and what it is not in Welcome and Orientation.
VNC.com community joined VNC on macOS.
The groups
Open Source VNC
Latest: Which open source VNC project did you settle on, and what made you stay?
VNC.com community
Implementation, interoperability, and project discussion for TigerVNC, TightVNC, UltraVNC, noVNC, and the wider ecosystem.
VNC on macOS New
Latest: What breaks for you on macOS, and at which version did it start?
VNC.com community
Screen sharing, viewers, servers, permissions, and interoperability on macOS.
Welcome and Orientation
Latest: Start here: what this community is for, and what it is not
VNC.com community
Where to post, how to ask a useful question, and introductions. Start with the welcome thread.
Using VNC Technology
Latest: What is the first thing you check when a session will not connect?
VNC.com community
Setup patterns, network basics, workflows, and troubleshooting that is educational rather than product-support specific.
RealVNC Connect
Latest: What are you using RealVNC Connect for, and what would you want to ask about it?
VNC.com community
Deployment patterns and migration.
Security and Remote Access
Latest: How do you handle VNC across an untrusted network?
VNC.com community
Hardening, authentication, exposure patterns, and remote-access policy. Paired with the best-practices guide.
Developer and Integration Topics
Latest: What are you building on top of VNC, and where does the protocol get in your way?
VNC.com community
Integrations, embedded implementations, testing patterns, and tooling for people building on VNC.
Feature Ideas and Community Feedback
Latest: What should VNC.com cover that it does not cover yet?
VNC.com community
Article requests, site feedback, and ideas, triaged in the open without implying anyone's product roadmap.
What this community is not. Billing, licensing, account, and security-critical product issues route to the relevant vendor's official support, not to public threads.
Bring the problem you are working on
Join to ask a question, follow the groups that match your stack, and reply to other operators.
Open-source VNC suits personal projects and home labs. When your business depends on remote access, RealVNC Connect adds end-to-end encryption, centralised management and commercial support from the team that created VNC.