remote-viewer

View remote virtual machine displays

TLDR

Connect to a SPICE server

$ remote-viewer spice://[host]:[port]

Connect to a VNC server

$ remote-viewer vnc://[host]:[port]

View a remote desktop using a virt-viewer file

$ remote-viewer [path/to/connection.vv]

Connect in fullscreen mode

$ remote-viewer -f spice://[host]:[port]

Connect with a custom window title

$ remote-viewer -t "[My VM]" spice://[host]:[port]

Connect with a specific zoom level

$ remote-viewer -z [150] spice://[host]:[port]

SYNOPSIS

remote-viewer [options] [URI|file]

remote-viewer is a simple remote display client that supports SPICE and VNC protocols. It can connect to remote virtual machines or physical systems displaying their graphical output.Connection parameters can be specified via URI on the command line or through a virt-viewer configuration file. The configuration file supports additional parameters like host, port, TLS settings, username, and password.

PARAMETERS

-f, --full-screen

Start in fullscreen mode.

-t TITLE, --title TITLE

Set the window title.

-z PCT, --zoom= PCT

Zoom level of the display window in percentage.

-v, --verbose

Display information about the connection.

--spice-controller

Use the SPICE controller to initialize the connection.

-h, --help

Display help.

-V, --version

Display version number.

INSTALL

sudo apt install virt-viewer

sudo dnf install virt-viewer

sudo pacman -S virt-viewer

sudo apk add virt-viewer

sudo zypper install virt-viewer

nix profile install nixpkgs#virt-viewer

CAVEATS

Requires appropriate client libraries for the connection protocol (SPICE, VNC). Display quality depends on network bandwidth.

HISTORY

Part of virt-viewer, providing remote display tools for virtual machine management, commonly used with libvirt and QEMU/KVM.