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5ba1dd78 | 1 | ## noVNC: HTML5 VNC Client |
5aeb9880 | 2 | |
5911cfd5 | 3 | [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/novnc/noVNC.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/novnc/noVNC) |
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5ba1dd78 | 5 | ### Description |
5aeb9880 | 6 | |
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7 | noVNC is a HTML5 VNC client that runs well in any modern browser including |
8 | mobile browsers (iOS and Android). | |
a538be43 | 9 | |
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10 | Many companies, projects and products have integrated noVNC including |
11 | [Ganeti Web Manager](http://code.osuosl.org/projects/ganeti-webmgr), | |
f901d9c9 | 12 | [OpenStack](http://www.openstack.org), |
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13 | [OpenNebula](http://opennebula.org/), |
14 | [LibVNCServer](http://libvncserver.sourceforge.net), and | |
b55bfcf0 | 15 | [ThinLinc](https://cendio.com/thinlinc). See |
5911cfd5 | 16 | [the Projects and Companies wiki page](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/wiki/Projects-and-companies-using-noVNC) |
f901d9c9 | 17 | for a more complete list with additional info and links. |
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18 | |
19 | ### News/help/contact | |
20 | ||
bc715065 | 21 | Notable commits, announcements and news are posted to |
b55bfcf0 | 22 | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/noVNC">@noVNC</a>. |
5aeb9880 | 23 | |
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24 | If you are a noVNC developer/integrator/user (or want to be) please join the |
25 | <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/novnc"> | |
26 | noVNC discussion group</a>. | |
cbb55df0 | 27 | |
b55bfcf0 | 28 | Bugs and feature requests can be submitted via |
5911cfd5 | 29 | [github issues](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/issues). |
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30 | If you are looking for a place to start contributing to noVNC, a good place to |
31 | start would be the issues that are marked as | |
5911cfd5 | 32 | ["patchwelcome"](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/issues?labels=patchwelcome). |
cbb55df0 | 33 | |
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34 | If you want to show appreciation for noVNC you could donate to a great non- |
35 | profits such as: | |
36 | [Compassion International](http://www.compassion.com/), | |
37 | [SIL](http://www.sil.org), | |
38 | [Habitat for Humanity](http://www.habitat.org), | |
39 | [Electronic Frontier Foundation](https://www.eff.org/), | |
40 | [Against Malaria Foundation](http://www.againstmalaria.com/), | |
41 | [Nothing But Nets](http://www.nothingbutnets.net/), etc. | |
42 | Please tweet <a href="http://www.twitter.com/noVNC">@noVNC</a> if you do. | |
68edd7f4 | 43 | |
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44 | |
45 | ### Features | |
46 | ||
47 | * Supports all modern browsers including mobile (iOS, Android) | |
b8dd87c7 | 48 | * Supported VNC encodings: raw, copyrect, rre, hextile, tight, tightPNG |
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49 | * WebSocket SSL/TLS encryption (i.e. "wss://") support |
50 | * 24-bit true color and 8 bit colour mapped | |
51 | * Supports desktop resize notification/pseudo-encoding | |
52 | * Local or remote cursor | |
53 | * Clipboard copy/paste | |
54 | * Clipping or scolling modes for large remote screens | |
55 | * Easy site integration and theming (3 example themes included) | |
1d728ace | 56 | * Licensed under the [MPL 2.0](http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/) |
bc715065 | 57 | |
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58 | ### Screenshots |
59 | ||
e5517ecd | 60 | Running in Chrome before and after connecting: |
600887f0 | 61 | |
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62 | <img src="http://novnc.com/img/noVNC-5.png" width=400> |
63 | <img src="http://novnc.com/img/noVNC-7.jpg" width=400> | |
5aeb9880 | 64 | |
b55bfcf0 | 65 | See more screenshots |
1ec1c512 | 66 | <a href="http://novnc.com/screenshots.html">here</a>. |
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67 | |
68 | ||
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69 | ### Browser Requirements |
70 | ||
4cb91c42 | 71 | * Chrome 8, Firefox 4, Safari 6, Opera 12, IE 11, Edge 12, etc. |
6de07adb | 72 | |
4cb91c42 | 73 | * HTML5 Canvas, WebSockets and Typed Arrays |
6de07adb | 74 | |
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75 | * Fast Javascript Engine: this is not strictly a requirement, but without a |
76 | fast Javascript engine, noVNC might be painfully slow. | |
6de07adb | 77 | |
b55bfcf0 | 78 | * See the more detailed |
5911cfd5 | 79 | [browser compatibility wiki page](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/wiki/Browser-support). |
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80 | |
81 | ||
6de07adb | 82 | ### Server Requirements |
5aeb9880 | 83 | |
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84 | Unless you are using a VNC server with support for WebSockets connections (such |
85 | as [x11vnc/libvncserver](http://libvncserver.sourceforge.net/), | |
f901d9c9 | 86 | [QEMU](http://www.qemu.org/), or |
7d73fdf9 | 87 | [MobileVNC](http://www.smartlab.at/mobilevnc/)), you need to use a |
b55bfcf0 | 88 | WebSockets to TCP socket proxy. There is a python proxy included |
f901d9c9 | 89 | ('websockify'). |
5aeb9880 | 90 | |
5aeb9880 | 91 | |
b89c6db3 | 92 | ### Quick Start |
5aeb9880 | 93 | |
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94 | * Use the launch script to start a mini-webserver and the WebSockets proxy |
95 | (websockify). The `--vnc` option is used to specify the location of a running | |
96 | VNC server: | |
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97 | |
98 | `./utils/launch.sh --vnc localhost:5901` | |
99 | ||
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100 | * Point your browser to the cut-and-paste URL that is output by the launch |
101 | script. Enter a password if the VNC server has one configured. Hit the | |
102 | Connect button and enjoy! | |
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103 | |
104 | ||
9df83a39 | 105 | ### Other Pages |
5aeb9880 | 106 | |
5911cfd5 | 107 | * [Modules/API](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/wiki/Modules-API) - The library |
7629b03e | 108 | modules and their Javascript API. |
57044a3c | 109 | |
5911cfd5 | 110 | * [Integration](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/wiki/Integration) - Get noVNC |
7629b03e | 111 | to work in existing projects. |
a4807656 | 112 | |
5911cfd5 | 113 | * [Troubleshooting](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/wiki/Troubleshooting) - How |
7629b03e | 114 | to troubleshoot problems. |
a4807656 | 115 | |
5911cfd5 | 116 | * [Encrypted Connections](https://github.com/novnc/websockify/wiki/Encrypted-Connections) - |
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117 | Setup websockify so that you can use encrypted connections from noVNC. |
118 | ||
5911cfd5 | 119 | * [Advanced Usage](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/wiki/Advanced-usage) - |
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120 | Generating an SSL certificate, starting a VNC server, advanced websockify |
121 | usage, etc. | |
122 | ||
5911cfd5 | 123 | * [Testing](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/wiki/Testing) - Run and write |
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124 | tests. |
125 | ||
5911cfd5 | 126 | * [Translations](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/wiki/Translations) - Add and |
7629b03e | 127 | modify localization for JavaScript and HTML. |
b89c6db3 | 128 | |
0af07711 | 129 | |
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130 | ### Authors/Contributors |
131 | ||
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132 | * Core team: |
133 | * [Joel Martin](https://github.com/kanaka) | |
134 | * [Samuel Mannehed](https://github.com/samhed) (Cendio) | |
135 | * [Peter Åstrand](https://github.com/astrand) (Cendio) | |
136 | * [Solly Ross](https://github.com/DirectXMan12) (Red Hat / OpenStack) | |
41f476a8 | 137 | * [Pierre Ossman](https://github.com/CendioOssman) (Cendio) |
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138 | |
139 | * Notable contributions: | |
32ec8f32 | 140 | * UI and Icons : Pierre Ossman, Chris Gordon |
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141 | * Original Logo : Michael Sersen |
142 | * tight encoding : Michael Tinglof (Mercuri.ca) | |
143 | ||
144 | * Included libraries: | |
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145 | * as3crypto : Henri Torgemane (code.google.com/p/as3crypto) |
146 | * base64 : Martijn Pieters (Digital Creations 2), Samuel Sieb (sieb.net) | |
b8dd87c7 | 147 | * DES : Dave Zimmerman (Widget Workshop), Jef Poskanzer (ACME Labs) |
6940936f | 148 | * Pako : Vitaly Puzrin (https://github.com/nodeca/pako) |
7629b03e | 149 | |
5911cfd5 | 150 | * [Contribution guide](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/wiki/Contributing) |