Current viewer release list

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.
• Recent updates / releases shown in green.
• (32/64) – indicates versions available as 32 or 64 bit; (64) – indicates available as 64-bit only.
• 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.

LL Official Viewers

Available for: Windows, Linux, Mac.

Available Viewers

This list reflects those viewers available with installers on the following SL pages the SL viewer download page, the Official Alternate Viewers wiki page and the Test Builds wiki page.

• Current Release version 5.1.3.513644, dated March 27, promoted April 13 – formerly the media update RC – NEW
• Release channel cohorts (please see my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
  • Love Me Render RC viewer, version 5.1.4.514437, April 13.
  • Ouzo Maintenance RC, version 5.1.4.514434, April 13.
• Project viewers:
  • Animesh project viewer, version 5.1.4.514468, April 16 – project overview.
  • Bakes on Mesh project viewer, version 5.1.3.513936, March 30.
  • 360 snapshot viewer, version 5.1.3.513006,  March 6 (this version can have significant rendering issues, see my hand-on update).
• Linux Spur viewer, version 5.0.9.329906, dated November 17, 2017 and promoted to release status 29 November – offered pending a Linux version of the Alex Ivy viewer code.
• Obsolete platform viewer, version 3.7.28.300847, May 8, 2015 – provided for users on Windows XP and OS X versions below 10.7. This viewer will remain available for as long as reasonable, but will not be updated with new features or bug fixes.

LL Viewer Resources

• Alternate Viewers wiki page – LL
• Viewer Source Repositories wiki page – LL
• Test Builds wiki page – LL
• Supported Viewers wiki page – LL
• Starlight alternative viewer skins page (not officially supported by LL)
• Viewer release process overview – this blog
• SL Viewer reviews on this blog
• SL viewer updates in this blog

Third Party Viewers

v5-style Viewers

• Alchemy version 5.0.7.41341 – November 14 (release notes).
  • Available for: Windows, (32/64), Linux and Mac (64).
  • Website.
  • Download Page.
  • Alchemy articles in this blog.
• Black Dragon for Windows 64-bit 3.1.0, April 18 (release notes).
  • Website.
  • Download page.
  • Black Dragon articles in this blog.
• Catznip version R12 – January 2, 2018 (release notes).
  • Available for: Windows.
  • Website.
  • Download page.
  • Catznip reviews in this blog.
• Firestorm version 5.0.11.53634 – January 25(release notes).
  • Available for Windows (32/64), Linux (64), Mac (64).
  • Website.
  • Download page.
  • Older releases.
  • Firestorm reviews in this blog.
• Kokua Release:
  • Available for: Windows, Mac (64-bit) and Linux (OpenSim)
  • 64-bit: 5.1.3.43129 (RLV) and 5.1.3.43130 (non-RLV), April 15 (release notes).
  • OpenSim version 4.2.1.39007 (Win/ Mac / Linux 32  / Linux 64) –  April 2 (release notes).
  •  Website.
  • Sourceforge repositories: 64-bit Mac; 64-bit Windows
  • Download page.
  • Kokua reviews in this blog.
• Restrained Love Viewer:
  • Windows 64-bit version 2.9.23 March 23 (release notes).
  • Linux / Mac 2.9.22.1 – November 30, 2017
  • Blog home page.
  • Restrained Love articles in this blog.

v1-style Viewers

• Cool VL:
  • Stable branch: 1.26.22.2 -April 15(release notes).
  • Available for: Windows, Linux.
  • Website.
  • Download page.
  • Cool VL articles in this blog.
• Singularity:
  • Windows (32 / 64 bit): 1.8.7.6861 / Linux 64-bit – June 16 (release notes).
  • Mac, Linux (32-bit): 1.8.6.6156 – September 2014 (release notes).
  • Website.
  • Download page.
  • Alpha Builds (Experimental).
  • Singularity reviews in this blog.

Mobile / Other Clients

• Group Tools 2.2.43.1 – February 28 (no release notes).
  • Available for: Windows.
  • Website.
  • Download page.
  • SL wiki page.
• LittleSight version 2.0.0 – October 29, 2016.
  • Available for Android.
  • Download Page.
  • Review.
• Lumiya version 3.4.2 October 5 (release notes).
  • Available for: Android.
  • Website.
  • Downloads:  Google Play , Slide.Me.
  • Lumiya reviews in this blog.
• MetaChat version 1.2.5 April 15.
  • Available for: iOS 10 / 11.
  • Website.
  • Download.
  • Reviews in this blog.
• Mobile Grid Client version 1.25.1252 – June 17, 2016 (release notes).
  • Available for Android.
  • Website.
  • Download options.
  • Review.
• Radegast client version 2.25 – October 25 (release notes).
  • Available for: Windows, Linux Mac.
  • Current Website.
  • Legacy Website.
  • Reviews in this blog.

TPVs Lacking Full SL Compatibility

These viewers are available for download, but are not considered to be fully compatible with current Second Life services. Depending on your usage, they may or may not meet your needs.

• CtrlAltStudio (v3-style for Windows)  – last updated July 18, 2016.
• Exodus (v3-style for Windows, Linux, Mac) – last updated September 21, 2013.
• Imprudence (v1-style for Windows, Linux, Mac) – last updated  May 28, 2013.

Additional TPV Resources

• Third-party Viewer Directory – LL.
• Third-party Viewer Policy – LL.

Related Links

• Weekly viewer release summaries listing.