Is there support for a native client?

[infokiller]

Hi and thanks for the project!
My main goal is running a remote OS with a native experience, including window management, OS keyboard shortcuts, etc. (similar to what RDP provides on Windows).
Is it possible to achieve it with KasmVNC?
I believe it requires having a native client

Thanks

[mmcclaskey]

KasmVNC does not have a native client, it is web native from the client side. You can create a PWA client pretty easily, electronjs client, or the easiest is running Chrome in app mode. Most shortcuts will work, but there are a few exceptions. Clipboard works seamlessly if using a Chromium based browser or chromium based solution like ElectronJS for a native app. Creating a native app is not currently scheduled, but it is a request we are tracking.

[infokiller]

Thanks a lot for the quick response!

[Niek]

Related to this: does legacy VNC mode still work? Looking at the docs it seems that this should be possible (using -rfbport or -rfbunixpath) but I can't get it working.

[mmcclaskey]

You can technically turn on the RFB TCP port, however, we have strayed from the RFB spec and continue to increase the distance between our spec and the RFB spec. We don't test VNC clients, but even if they would connect, they would crash as soon as you clicked anywhere, because our mouse button down message has more bits to allow for additional mouse buttons. There are other changes, but that's the one that would likely come up first, assuming a VNC client would even connect to begin with.