TigerVNC is a VNC

Virtual Network Computing

In computing, Virtual Network Computing is a graphical desktop sharing system that uses the RFB protocol to remotely control another computer...

 server and client started in 2009, started as a fork of TightVNC

TightVNC

TightVNC is a cross-platform open source remote desktop software application that uses and extends VNC's RFB protocol to control another computer's screen remotely. It was created by Constantin Kaplinsky...

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Red Hat

Red Hat

Red Hat, Inc. is an S&P 500 company in the free and open source software sector, and a major Linux distribution vendor. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina with satellite offices worldwide....

 started this fork because RealVNC

RealVNC

RealVNC is a company that provides remote access software. The software consists of a server and client application for the Virtual Network Computing protocol to control another computer's screen remotely.-History:...

 was focusing on their enterprise non-open VNC and there had been no update since 2006.
This implementation is fully open, with development and discussion done via publicly accessible mailing lists and repositories.

It is focused on performance and remote display functionality

See also

• RFB Remote Frame Buffer protocol
  RFB Protocol
  RFB is a simple protocol for remote access to graphical user interfaces. Because it works at the framebuffer level it is applicable to all windowing systems and applications, including X11, Windows and Macintosh...
  
  
• Comparison of remote desktop software
• X Window System
  X Window System
  The X window system is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces and rich input device capability for networked computers...
  
  
• VNC

External links

• tigervnc.com the home of the TigerVNC project
• winswitch.org an applet for more easily starting, suspending and moving VNC sessions. You may also find TigerVNC Mac OS X binaries there, as well as fresh packages for many Linux distributions.
• TigerVNC Feature request the Fedora request for switching from RealVNC to TigerVNC.