Vinagre is a VNC client for the GNOME Desktop.
It allows the user to view multiple machines simultaneously, can discover VNC servers on the network via Avahi, and can keep track of recently used and favorite connections.
It has replaced xvnc4viewer as the default VNC client in the latest Ubuntu release.
Vinagre’s interface has been translated into more than 40 different languages.
Key Features
- Connect to several machines at the same time.
- Keep track of your most used connections.
- Keep track of your recently used connections.
- Browse your network for VNC servers.
- No need to supply the password on every connection (using GNOME Keyring).
- Efficient SSH tunneling.
- API supports Telepathy.
- Listener mode.
- Internationalization support.
Website: wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Vinagre
Support: GitLab Code Repository
Developer: Philippe Rouquier, Luis Medinas
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

Vinagre is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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