wayvnc
VNC server for wlroots-based Wayland compositors
wayvnc is a VNC server that enables remote access to desktops running wlroots-based Wayland compositors such as Sway. It supports hardware-accelerated framebuffer capture and authentication.
Key features
- VNC for Wayland compositors
- Hardware-accelerated capture
- TLS encryption
- Lightweight server
Strengths
- Released under the ISC license
- Active community (1.8k GitHub stars)
- Written in C
- Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM
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