bVNC: Secure VNC Viewer

Iordan Iordanov (Undatech)

About this app

bVNC: Secure VNC Viewer


Secure, fast, open-source, VNC Client for Windows, Linux and Mac with SSH

Need bVNC on iOS or Mac OS X? Now available at
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bvnc-pro/id1506461202

Please support my work and GPL open-source software by buying the donation version of this program called bVNC Pro!

Release notes:
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/blob/master/bVNC/CHANGELOG-bVNC

Older versions:
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/releases

Report bugs:
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/issues

If you have questions, please don't post a negative review, rather ask your question on the forum so everybody benefits
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bvnc-ardp-aspice-opaque-remote-desktop-clients

Check out my RDP Client, aRDP
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iiordanov.freeaRDP

For Proxmox and oVirt, get Opaque
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.undatech.opaque

- Windows Plain VNC with UltraVNC:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/how-to-install-and-connect-to-tightvnc.html

- Windows: Secure VNC with VeNCrypt:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bvnc-ardp-aspice-opaque-remote-desktop-clients/c9ptU7UekE4/rOzNlkiaEgAJ

- Windows: Secure VNC over SSH:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/tunneling-vnc-over-ssh-to-windows.html

- Ubuntu: Remote Desktop on 20.04 and older:
http://www.howtoforge.com/configure-remote-access-to-your-ubuntu-desktop

- Linux: x11vnc AutoX Secure VNC over SSH:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/10/looking-for-nx-client-for-android-or.html

- Mac OS: Remote Desktop:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/how-to-connect-to-mac-os-x-using-bvnc.html

- Mac OS: Secure Remote Desktop over SSH:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/tunneling-vnc-over-ssh-to-mac-os-x.html

bVNC is a secure, open source VNC client. Its features include:
- Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, or any other OS with a VNC server installed
- Fully compatible with PiKVM
- Master password support in the Pro version
- Multi-factor (two-factor) SSH authentication in the Pro version
- Multi-touch control over the remote mouse. One finger tap left-clicks, two-finger tap right-clicks, and three-finger tap middle-clicks
- Left, right and middle button drag/drop if you don't lift the first finger that tapped
- Scrolling with a two-finger drag
- Pinch-zoom
- Force Landscape, Immersive Mode, Keep Screen Awake
- Dynamic resolution changes, allowing you to reconfigure your desktop while connected, and control over virtual machines from BIOS to OS
- Full rotation
- Multi-language
- Full mouse support
- Full desktop visibility even with soft keyboard extended
- SSH tunneling, AnonTLS and VeNCrypt for secure connections (does not support RealVNC encryption).
- High-grade encryption superior to RDP using SSH and VeNCrypt (x509 certificates and SSL), preventing man-in-the-middle attacks
- AutoX session discovery/creation like NX client
- Tight and CopyRect encodings for quick updates
- Ability to reduce the color depth over slow links
- Copy/paste integration
- Samsung DEX, Alt-Tab, Start Button capture
- Ctrl+Space capture
- SSH public/private (pubkey)
- Importing encrypted/unencrypted RSA keys in PEM format
- Zoomable, Fit to Screen, and One to One scaling modes
- Two Direct, one Simulated Touchpad, and one Single-handed input modes
- In single-handed input mode, long-tap to get a choice of clicks, drag modes, scroll, and zoom
- Supports most VNC servers including TightVNC, UltraVNC, TigerVNC, and RealVNC
- Supports Mac OS X built-in remote desktop server (ARD) and Mac OS X authentication
- Does NOT support RealVNC encryption (use VNC over SSH or VeNCrypt instead)
- Stowable on-screen keys
- Right-click with Back button
- D-pad for arrows, rotate D-pad
- Hardware/FlexT9 keyboard support
- View-only mode
- In-app help on usage, connection setup and input modes (see in-app Menu)
- Hacker's Keyboard recommended

Code
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients

Ratings and reviews

This app works perfectly for interacting with VNC hosts remotely with no hassles, fuss, or extra features. I successfully used this app after experiencing no success with RealVNC on the same host. I didn't really troubleshoot the issue; I already had this developer's RDP app, so I decided to give their VNC app a try. Excellent work!

Another application required the use of this app. App works, but within the same day (and for several days after) I was being prompted to install/accept other apps that I would never use. Found that phantom installs stopped immediately after disabling this app. Not a fan of phantom installs....huge annoyance!

Overall the app is very promising. Its simple to use, very easy to setup and I like simple. But my home PC has windows 10 with six screens and I can't get it to work with my pixel5. All I get is black screen after bvnc connects to that pc and a mouse cursor. I can connect with other PCs fine and other apps can connect fine to my 6 screen PC but bvnc just refuses to work. I hope the developer can do something about it.

What’s new

v6.1.9
- Maintenance and stability updates
- Fix for servers that don't send image until input is sent
v6.1.7
- Fix for back button right-click
- Fix for pointer offset in windowed mode
- Fix for navigation bar with immersive mode disabled hiding part of desktop
v6.1.6
- Fixes to import/export and master password hamburger menu actions
- Show toast on long-tap of on-screen mouse wheel
- Fix for nav buttons covering content when immersive mode is disabled
v6.1.5
- Updated sqlcipher to 4.5.4
v6.1