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==Compatible Viewers==
 
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Before you can connect to OpenSim, you'll need to have downloaded one of the following clients that can connect to OpenSim. The following are not affiliated with OpenSimulator.org itself.
 
  
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* [http://get.secondlife.com Linden Client] (Release version 2 is '''not''' fully supported by OpenSim.)
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==OpenSim Available Viewers==
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* [http://mjm-labs.com/viewer/ Hippo Viewer] - a fork of version 1.23 of the Linden Client with OpenSim specific enhancements
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OpenSimulator doesn't have the client program in it. Before you can connect to OpenSim, you'll need to have downloaded one of the any OpenSim compatible clients that can connect to OpenSim.
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* [[RealXtend]] - a fork of the 1.23 Linden Client that has specialized features (not fully supported.)
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* [http://sldev.free.fr/ Cool VL Viewer] - one of the oldest Third Party Viewers around (former name: Cool SL Viewer), fully OpenSim compatible.
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* [http://www.phoenixviewer.com/ Phoenix Viewer] Based on the now discontinued Emerald Viewer (which was based on the 1.23 LL viewer), one of the most popular viewers. Combines many improvements and  features from different viewers. (Not fully supported)
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* [http://imprudenceviewer.org/ Imprudence] Innovative viewer with a high focus on OpenSimulator (good [[OSSL]] support). Highly popular amongst users on [[Grid_List/OSGrid|OSGrid]].
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The viewers below are open source, and not based on the Snowglobe, nor on the Snowstorm viewers.
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===Other Viewers===
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Some other viewers that can connect to Second Life can also connect to OpenSim. You can find them in [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Downloads Downloads#Second Life Wiki].
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* [http://forge.opensimulator.org/gf/project/idealistviewer/ Idealist viewer], Not actively developed.
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* [http://lookingglassviewer.org/wiki/Main_Page/ Looking Glass viewer], Status active.
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==Connecting with the Linden Viewer==
 
==Connecting with the Linden Viewer==

Revision as of 23:48, 15 April 2011

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OpenSim Available Viewers

OpenSimulator doesn't have the client program in it. Before you can connect to OpenSim, you'll need to have downloaded one of the any OpenSim compatible clients that can connect to OpenSim.

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*** THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE ***
Although OpenSimulator encourages the development of third party software for OpenSimulator, no support can be provided on this. For help with this software, contact the developer of this software directly.
Please do not contact the OpenSimulator team with questions about this software.


If you find a viewer, which can connect to OpenSimulator, then please add it to the bottom of the appropriate list.

Compatibility issues

Since OpenSimulator and viewers development is done by different teams with different timing and even goals, compatibility can not be assured. To connect to an older version of OpenSimulator, you may need to use an older version of your favourite viewer, which also could limit Hypergrid capability. In this case you should consult the support of your grid or chosen viewer.

Viewers

  • FireStorm Viewer - C++ based viewer for Linux/Mac/Win. Forked from Linden lab Second Life viewer. Successor to Phoenix viewer. Currently the most widely used viewer on Second Life.
    • Firestorm VR Mod - A modification to the Firestorm Vierwer to allow use of a Virtual Reality Head Mounted Display (VR HMD).
  • Dayturn - C++ based viewer for Win/Mac only. Forked from Kokua. Dayturn source code available on Bitbucket.
  • Cool VL Viewer - C++ based viewer for Linux x86_64/Linux aarch64/Mac/Win. Forked from SL v1 viewer (former name: Cool SL Viewer, first release 2007/11/16).
  • Radegast Metaverse Client - Radegast-ng is Light client, evolution of Radagast from libopenmetaverae project.
  • Scenegate - C++ based viewer with a focus on accessibility and onboarding. With a simplified UI more suitable to just visit worlds, rather than building (but the full UI is still accessible). Forked from Alchemy.

Beta Viewers

Dayturn for Windows and MacOS https://bitbucket.org/dayturn/

Phoenix-Firestorm Windows - Linux - MacOS https://www.firestormviewer.org/early-access-beta-downloads/

OpenSim PBR Viewers

Firestorm

Cool VL Viewer stable release with PBR, ALM and forward rendering modes.

OpenSim WebRTC Viewers

Phoenix-Firestorm-Alphax64-7.1.9.75657

Text-only Viewers

These are lightweight viewers, which either do not offer a graphical component or where the graphical component is not used by default. The function of these viewers however is to connect to a grid, chat, manage inventory, etc. Useful on systems with low specifications or for bringing an alt (alternate avatar) online without having your main avatar log out, or to quickly take care of messages, inventory, etc.

  • Mobile Grid Client - A Second Life and OpenSimulator messaging client for your Android powered device (mobile phone, cell phone, tablet...).

LLSD API Libraries

These are open source libraries for building viewers, clients, and tools that can connect to OpenSimulator.

Maintained Libraries:

  • libopenmetaverse - C# LLSD implementation. Maintained by OpenSimulator developers. BSD License
  • llbase-py - Python LLSD implementation. Maintained by Linden Labs. MIT License

Currently Unmaintained Libraries:

  • llsd-cpp - C++ LLSD implementation, last updated in 2010. MIT License
  • llsd-perl-new - Perl LLSD implementation. Last updated 2011. MIT License
  • llsd-php - PHP 4 LLSD implementation. Incomplete, supports XML serialization only. Used internally by Second Life developers. Last updated 2010. MIT License
  • llsd-java - Java LLSD implementation by Xugu Madison, last update ca 2014. BSD License.
  • JOpenMetaverse - Java LLSD implementation, last updated 2012. Linux, Windows, MacOS, Android Compatible. Also see jopenmetaverse introduction. LGPL 2.1 License
  • llsd-js - JavaScript LLSD implementation, last update in 2011. MIT License

Inactive Viewers or in unknown state

  • 3Di viewer Rei - C# based Web-browser plugin OpenSimulator viewer. 3Di website gone but 3Di Rei viewer source is still available on Github
  • Alchemy Viewer - C++ based viewer for Linux/Mac/Win. Forked from Linden lab Second Life viewer.
  • Ascent - C++ based viewer for Linux/Mac/Win. Started as a fork of Inertia Viewer. Abandoned in 2010.
  • Dolphin - C++ based viewer for Linux/Mac/Win. Dolphin v1 was a fork of the Cool VL Viewer, with changes focused on sailing. v2/3 was a fork of SL viewer. Abandoned in 2015. Dolphin 3 Source still available on GitHub.
  • Emerald - C++ based viewer forked from Snowglobe (the second version fo the LL/SL open source viewer). Project halted and abandoned in 2010 after Emerald developer linked to DoS attack on SL and banned. Emerald source code still available on GitHub and Google Code Archive.
  • Hippo - C++ based viewer for Linux/Mac/Win. Forked from SL viewer and Cool VL Viewer. Abandoned in 2010. See also Hippo Viewer website.
  • Idealist - C# Multi-platform 32 bit viewer intended to be OpenSimulator focused
  • Imprudence - C++ based viewer forked from SL viewer v1.21. Development ended in 2010 and shifted to a new viewer called Kokua. Imprudence Viewer source is still available on GitHub
  • Inertia - C++ based viewer forked from Snowglobe SL viewer). Abandoned in 2010
  • LookingGlass - C#/Ogre based Viewer prototype. Development Ended in 2011. LookingGlass Viewer source is still available on GitHub
  • Meerkat - Viewer for Linux/Mac/Win in C++. Fork of SL viewer. Meerkat source available on GitHub. Meerkat binaries available via Google Code Archive. Development stopped in 2009
  • OnLook - C++ based viewer forked from Singularity. Inactive since 2014. OnLook Viewer Source is still available on GitHub.
  • Nicholaz Beresford's viewer - The first third party viewer. Fork of SL viewer. Development stopped in 2010.
  • OpenSim-Viewer - C#/C++/Xenko based, BSD licensed viewer written for OpenSimulator. Inactive since 2018.
  • OpenViewer - C#/Ogre based, BSD licensed viewer written as a companion to OpenSimulator. ca 2007/2008. Website went dark in 2009.
  • Phoenix - C++ based viewer. Forked from SL viewer. Replaced by Firestorm viewer.
  • RealXtend Naali/Tundra - Written from scratch C++/Ogre3D based viewer for Linux/Mac/Win, required ModRex in OpenSimulator. Development stopped in 2016, OpenSimulator support dropped in 2013.
  • Singularity - C++ based viewer for Linux/Mac/Win. Forked from the Ascent Viewer. Goal is to combine look of old SL viewer with modern features. Singularity source code available on GitHub.
  • Xenki - XABP-based OpenSimulator viewer prototype for IE web browser. Abandoned in 2009

Other Viewers

Some other viewers that can connect to Second Life can also connect to OpenSim. You can find them in Downloads#Second Life Wiki.

Connecting with the Linden Viewer

***NOTE***: These instructions apply to the Linden Labs viewer ONLY. Most other viewers have a more elegant method, called GridInfo protocol, to choose a grid. See the documentation for those viewers for more information.

Every OpenSim grid or instance will specify a loginuri, which is a uri of the form http://someserver:9000 (standalone mode) or http://someserver:8002 (grid mode). For instance, for osgrid, this is http://login.osgrid.org.

A list of major public grids can be found at Grid_List. OSGrid is just one of many available.

All you have to do is to pass this loginuri command line parameters to the viewer and launch with it. See this wiki page (Viewer parameters#Using Viewer Parameters) how to do that.

On OSX environments, if you have multiple viewers and multiple grids to connect to, you can try the following AppleScript (one could do something similar with a shell script). Feel free to copy and modify for your own use. 

--
--  This script selects a viewer and a grid for virtual worlds.
--
--
-- Variables for the two supported viewers.  More may be added here.
--
set lindenViewer to "\"/Applications/SecondLife/Second Life.app/Contents/MacOS/Second Life\""

set emeraldViewer to "\"/Applications/SecondLife/GreenLife Emerald Viewer.app/Contents/MacOS/GreenLife Emerald Viewer\""
--
-- Variables for options to select the specified grid.  Since the viewers
-- are based on the 2nd life viewer, the options are the same for each
-- viewer.  Also, connecting to the Second Life grid is the default option
-- if no other options are provided.
--
-- Currently, four grids are supported.  More may be easily added.
--
set lindenOptions to ""

set localStandalone to " -loginuri http://vw.server.lan:9000 -loginpage http://vw.server.lan/opensim/index.html"

set localGrid to " -loginuri http://vw.server.lan:8000 -loginpage http://vw.server.lan/opensim/index.html"

set osGridOptions to " -loginuri http://osgrid.org:8002 -loginpage http://osgrid.org/loginscreen.php -helperuri http://osgrid.org/"
--
-- Display dialog and select the viewer.
--
set dialogResult to display dialog "Choose viewer:
1) 2nd Life viewer
2) Emerald viewer:" default answer "1" with title "Select Viewer" with icon 1

set option to text returned of dialogResult

if option = "2" then
	set viewer to emeraldViewer
else
	set viewer to lindenViewer
end if
--
-- Display dialog and select the grid.
--
set dialogResult to display dialog "Choose server:
1) 2nd Life grid
2) local standalone
3) local grid
4) OS Grid" default answer "2" with title "Select Grid" with icon 1

set grid to text returned of dialogResult

if grid = "1" then
	set options to lindenOptions
else if grid = "2" then
	set options to localStandalone
else if grid = "3" then
	set options to localGrid
else if grid = "4" then
	set options to osGridOptions
else
	set options to localStandalone
end if
--
-- Combine the grid and viewer and execute the result.
--
set command to viewer & options
do shell script command

Linden Viewer options

The Linden viewer has a number of other options. Some are useful, some are not. See Parameter Reference from Second Life Wiki for detail.

Alternative Connection Approaches

Via a Web Browser

You can also set up a Browser Protocol Handler which will make opensim:// links in your browser do the expected thing, and launch the right OpenSim viewer.

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