TurboVNC is a remote access software based on VNC, optimized to improve the performance of 3D and video applications. Originally a fork of TightVNC 1.3.x, TurboVNC now uses a modern codebase of the X server (based on X.org) and includes enhanced features such as a high-performance viewer and session management. It is specially designed for graphical visualization tasks, such as scientific and design applications, and offers superior compression for 3D and video data, using less CPU than TightVNC 1.3.x.
Additionally, TurboVNC stands out for its use of libjpeg-turbo, a JPEG codec accelerated by SIMD, and for the elimination of CPU-intensive compression routines. When combined with VirtualGL, it provides a robust solution for efficiently displaying remote 3D graphic applications, even on bandwidth-limited networks.