Welcome to the VMware View Open Client project page!

VMware View Open Client lets you connect from a Linux or Mac OS X desktop to remote Windows desktops managed by VMware View. It is available under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 (LGPL v 2.1).

Please see these pages for instructions on building from source, or using the binary packages.

Latest Release: 4.5.0 GA (September 10, 2010)

VMware View Open Client version 4.5.0 GA is now available on the Downloads page.

Please see the release announcement for a summary of what's included in this release.

Compatibility

This release is compatible with VMware Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM) 2.0, 2.1, and VMware View Manager 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, and 4.5.

Licensing and Support

Anyone can download, use, modify and distribute VMware View Open Client under the terms of the LGPL v 2.1.

Support for the VMware View Open Client is provided only by this community. No commercial support from VMware, Inc. shall be provided.

However, end users and customers of VMware View interested in receiving commercial support for their deployments should only use http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=vdm.

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute, please contact the VMware View Open Client project maintainers directly or via the VMware View Open Client group.

Trademark Information

VMware and the VMware "boxes" logo and design are registered trademarks or trademarks (the "Marks") of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions and are not licensed to you under the terms of the LGPL version 2.1. If you distribute VMware View Open Client unmodified in either binary or source form or the accompanying documentation unmodified, you may not remove, change, alter or otherwise modify the Marks in any manner. If you make minor modifications to VMware View Open Client or the accompanying documentation, you may, but are not required to, continue to distribute the unaltered Marks with your binary or source distributions. If you make major functional changes to VMware View Open Client or the accompanying documentation, you may not distribute the Marks with your binary or source distribution and you must remove all references to the Marks contained in your distribution. All other use or distribution of the Marks requires the prior written consent of VMware. All rights reserved.