TigerVNC 1.16 Brings Wayland Support with w0vncserver

TigerVNC 1.16 Released With "w0vncserver" For Sharing Wayland Desktop Sessions

Written by Michael Larabel in Wayland on 27 January 2026 at 10:16 AM EST.

TigerVNC 1.16 is out today for this high performance, multi-platform VNC server and client implementation. Most notable with TigerVNC 1.16 is "w0vncserver" as a new server for sharing Wayland desktops. The w0vncserver allows for sharing local Wayland display support that is akin to TigerVNC's x0vncserver but for native Wayland.

The w0vncserver makes use of the org.freedesktop.portal.RemoteDesktop and org.freedesktop.portal.ScreenCast portals for working with the likes of GNOME and KDE Plasma on Wayland. This Wayland server also depends upon PipeWire. The w0vncserver code is described in more detail via this merge request that established this Wayland server for TigerVNC 1.16.

This w0vncserver is a nice addition for easily sharing your local Wayland session via this open-source VNC implementation. TigerVNC 1.16 also adds a new keyboard shortcut system to its native viewer, support for sending system keys in its windowed mode, enhancements to its Java viewer, and a variety of other native viewer enhancements. The TigerVNC native viewer also is more responsive now when resizing the remote session.

Downloads and more details on the TigerVNC 1.16 release via GitHub.

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