Current viewer release list

Logos representative only and should not be seen as an endorsement / preference / recommendation

Introduction

  • This is intended to be a reference source for all current public SL viewers / clients of which I’m aware / for which I have information, and is primarily drawn from the Second Life Third-party viewer Directory listing.
  • Updates will be made as-an-when I notice / am informed of releases from the various Viewers.
  • A weekly summary of changes will be published on the Monday of each week, listing all changes noted during the previous week
  • Comments on this page are closed, but can be left on the relevant weekly summary page.
  • Updates / releases in the past week are shown in green.
  • Note that viewers considered as now having been updated recently enough to be fully compatible with Second Life are now listed under a separate heading towards the end of this page.
  • Test viewers, preview / beta viewers / nightly builds are not recorded in this page.

LL Official Viewers

Available for: Windows, Mac and Linux* .

Available Viewers

This list reflects those viewers available via the first four links in the LL Viewer Resources section, below.

  • Default viewer  26.3 – 26.3.0.31203661088, August 10, promoted August 17 – quality of life improvements; performance improvements; bug fixes – No Change.
  • Second Life Lua Editor RC / Beta viewer with Linux support 26.4.0.34502396632, September 11 – NEW.
    • Lua scripting support (on regions with Lua scripting enabled).
    • Improved communication between the Viewer and the newly published Second Life VS Code extension.
    • Offers an experimental Linux viewer build.
    • Includes the latest WebRTC Voice and viewer-maintenance updates.
  • Second Life Chat Modernization viewer 26.3.0.33643480083, September 4 – No Change.
    • Recent conversations follow you seamlessly: a direct message you receive on SL Mobile can also be available when you return to desktop, and vice versa; Recent direct message history will be available on logging-in; existing desktop chat logs are preserved – previously saved local history isn’t being replaced or removed; conversation history feels continuous: on desktop, your existing local history and newer message history are brought together into a single conversation.

Official Viewer Release Cadence and Version Numbering

  • Official viewer updates are generally made on a planned release cadence, with viewers generally issued as Release Candidate (RC) viewers (also referred to as Beta viewers, prior to being promoted to the default release viewer once sufficiently mature in terms of stability, crash rates, etc.
  • The viewer version numbering system generally takes the following format:
    • Major releases: Year.Release Number.0.Build Number. So: 2026.3.11223344556 = the third viewer of 2026 (2026.03.0) and has the build number 11223344556.
    • Minor / Maintenance releases:  fit into the above numbering system, but include a Minor Release number. So: 2026.3.1.66554433221 = is the first minor release to follow viewer viewer 2026.3 (2026.3.1) and has the build number 66554433221.

LL Viewer Resources

* Linux requires community contributions to remain current.

Current Third Party Viewers

v6+ Viewers

v1-style Viewers

TPV Viewers Not Updated for 12+Months

The following viewers have not been updated in at least 12 months, and so may lack more recent features and capabilities found within the official viewers.

V6+ Viewers

V1-Style Viewers

Mobile / Other Clients

The following are both graphical and non-graphic clients available for use with Second Life.

Official Mobile Client

  • Second Life Mobile 309322, August 5 (iOS and Android) – bug fixes; memory use improvements.

Third-Party Clients

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links