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## noVNC: HTML5 VNC Client
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/kanaka/noVNC.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/kanaka/noVNC)
### Description
noVNC is a HTML5 VNC client that runs well in any modern browser
including mobile browsers (iPhone/iPad and Android).
+Many companies/projects have integrated noVNC including [Ganeti Web
+Manager](http://code.osuosl.org/projects/ganeti-webmgr),
+[OpenStack](http://www.openstack.org),
+[OpenNebula](http://opennebula.org/), and
+[LibVNCServer](http://libvncserver.sourceforge.net). See [the Projects
+and Companies wiki
+page](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/ProjectsCompanies-using-noVNC)
+for a more complete list with additional info and links.
+
+### News/help/contact
+
Notable commits, announcements and news are posted to
-@<a href="http://www.twitter.com/noVNC">noVNC</a>
+<a href="http://www.twitter.com/noVNC">@noVNC</a>
+
+If you are a noVNC developer/integrator/user (or want to be) please
+join the <a
+href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/novnc">noVNC
+discussion group</a>
+
+Bugs and feature requests can be submitted via [github
+issues](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/issues). If you are looking
+for a place to start contributing to noVNC, a good place to start
+would be the issues that are marked as
+["patchwelcome"](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/issues?labels=patchwelcome).
-There are many companies/projects that have integrated noVNC into
-their products including: [Ganeti Web Manager](http://code.osuosl.org/projects/ganeti-webmgr), [Archipel](http://archipelproject.org), [openQRM](http://www.openqrm.com/), [OpenNode](http://www.opennodecloud.com/), [OpenStack](http://www.openstack.org), [Broadway (HTML5 GDK/GTK+ backend)](http://blogs.gnome.org/alexl/2011/03/15/gtk-html-backend-update/), [OpenNebula](http://opennebula.org/), [CloudSigma](http://www.cloudsigma.com/), [Zentyal (formerly eBox)](http://www.zentyal.org/), [SlapOS](http://www.slapos.org), [Intel MeshCentral](https://meshcentral.com), [Amahi](http://amahi.org), [Brightbox](http://brightbox.com/), [Foreman](http://theforeman.org), [LibVNCServer](http://libvnc.github.io/) and [PocketVNC](http://www.pocketvnc.com/blog/?page_id=866). See [this wiki page](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/ProjectsCompanies-using-noVNC) for more info and links.
+If you want to show appreciation for noVNC you could donate to a great
+non-profits such as: [Compassion
+International](http://www.compassion.com/), [SIL](http://www.sil.org),
+[Habitat for Humanity](http://www.habitat.org), [Electronic Frontier
+Foundation](https://www.eff.org/), [Against Malaria
+Foundation](http://www.againstmalaria.com/), [Nothing But
+Nets](http://www.nothingbutnets.net/), etc. Please tweet <a
+href="http://www.twitter.com/noVNC">@noVNC</a> if you do.
### Features
@@ -24,7 +53,7 @@ their products including: [Ganeti Web Manager](http://code.osuosl.org/projects/g
* Clipboard copy/paste
* Clipping or scolling modes for large remote screens
* Easy site integration and theming (3 example themes included)
-* Licensed under the [LGPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+* Licensed under the [MPL 2.0](http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/)
### Screenshots
@@ -49,17 +78,18 @@ See more screenshots <a href="http://kanaka.github.com/noVNC/screenshots.html">h
* Fast Javascript Engine: this is not strictly a requirement, but
without a fast Javascript engine, noVNC might be painfully slow.
-* I maintain a more detailed browser compatibility list <a
- href="https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Browser-support">here</a>.
+* See the more detailed [browser compatibility wiki page](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Browser-support).
### Server Requirements
Unless you are using a VNC server with support for WebSockets
-connections (such as [x11vnc/libvncserver](http://libvnc.github.io/) or
-[PocketVNC](http://www.pocketvnc.com/blog/?page_id=866)),
-you need to use a WebSockets to TCP socket proxy. There is
-a python proxy included ('websockify').
+connections (such as
+[x11vnc/libvncserver](http://libvncserver.sourceforge.net/),
+[QEMU](http://www.qemu.org/), or
+[PocketVNC](http://www.pocketvnc.com/blog/?page_id=866)), you need to
+use a WebSockets to TCP socket proxy. There is a python proxy included
+('websockify').
### Quick Start
@@ -88,8 +118,14 @@ a python proxy included ('websockify').
### Authors/Contributors
-* noVNC : Joel Martin (github.com/kanaka)
- * New UI and Icons : Chris Gordon
+* Core team:
+ * [Joel Martin](https://github.com/kanaka)
+ * [Samuel Mannehed](https://github.com/samhed) (Cendio)
+ * [Peter Åstrand](https://github.com/astrand) (Cendio)
+ * [Solly Ross](https://github.com/DirectXMan12) (Red Hat / OpenStack)
+
+* Notable contributions:
+ * UI and Icons : Chris Gordon
* Original Logo : Michael Sersen
* tight encoding : Michael Tinglof (Mercuri.ca)
@@ -100,5 +136,3 @@ a python proxy included ('websockify').
* jsunzip : Erik Moller (github.com/operasoftware/jsunzip),
* tinflate : Joergen Ibsen (ibsensoftware.com)
* DES : Dave Zimmerman (Widget Workshop), Jef Poskanzer (ACME Labs)
-
-