bVNC: Secure VNC Viewer

Iordan Iordanov

About this app

Need bVNC on iOS or Mac OS X? Now available at
https://apps.apple.com/ca/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

bVNC is a secure, open source VNC client. Its features include:
- Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, or any other OS with a VNC server installed
- 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

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

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

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

- Instructions for Linux:

Plain VNC (Remote Desktop on Ubuntu):
NOTE: To use Vino (default Ubuntu VNC Server), first run:
gsettings set org.gnome.Vino require-encryption false

http://www.howtoforge.com/configure-remote-access-to-your-ubuntu-desktop

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

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

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

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

Ratings and reviews

Sadly, this app is kinda junky. Was hoping to find a replacement for VNC Viewer, and it looks like this one is good from a privacy perspective. However, the functionality just isn't there. Triple monitor setup, connected easily enough, but the three screens were tiny and zooming was super janky. Trying to use the mouse was basically impossible. Changing input methods technically allowed it to start working, but the controls were so horrible, I just had to uninstall. Yuck.

Got this to use with my Computer via PiKVM and works well for the most part. Though there 2 issues. 1. Mouse movement is fairly erratic when moving very slowly. This makes fine control nearly impossible. 2. MAJOR problem when first connecting. The phones clipboard is pasted into the remote machine as if being typed out by the keyboard. Executes shortcuts, types in chats, etc.. Thanks for quick reply, will report this using the link you provided. Thanks!

I install the app but after that, it's access to my file and Media becomes an issues what I see from my setting ( Tecno spark 8 kg6) is no permission requested . please how do I fix that.

What's new

v5.1.3
- Fix for mouse pointer drift due to rounding errors
- Workaround for Ubuntu 22.04 reporting wrong framebuffer size
- Feature to permit accepting changed SSH host key with a warning
- Fix for reuse of URI intent connections to different ports on the same host
- Fix for exceptions encountered during import of settings
- Fix for potential crash caused by large clipboard copies
v5.1.2
- New Software Keyboard Type Global Preference
- Completely dark background for better image on OLED screen