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Remote Viewer

brew install --cask remoteviewer v0.5.7-1

Connect to and control SPICE-based virtual machines remotely.

Why you might care

Remote Viewer is the native macOS client for SPICE protocol, ideal if you're running KVM/libvirt virtualization on Linux servers. It's lightweight, open-source, and handles remote desktop sessions with better performance than general-purpose RDP clients for virtual machine workloads.

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Alternatives

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