Linden Lab Official:Alternate Viewers

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Terms and Information

• Contribution Agreement
  • Contribution Agreement FAQ
• LGPL 2.1 (Lesser General Public License)
• Viewer Licensing Program
• Policy on Third Party Viewers
  • Alternate Viewers
  • Third Party Viewer Policy and Directory FAQ
• API Terms of Use

What is an alternate viewer?

The primary viewer for Second Life is the official Second Life Viewer, available on the main Second Life Downloads page.

The viewers below provide early access to fixes and newer features, but may also entail some additional risk of new bugs; we appreciate your help with our efforts to improve Second Life by using them and reporting any problems you find.

Warning: These viewers are not appropriate for installation on systems whose normal users do not have the privileges required to install updates. These viewers are made available early to test them prior to general release. Therefore it's important that we be able to fix any problems with them quickly and get data on only the latest set of changes. For that reason, any update to these viewers is mandatory.

Second Life Release Channel

Release Candidate viewers are being evaluated to be the next default download; all are believed to be stable.

Second Life Maintenance Viewer version 5.1.1.511871

For more information, please read the Release Notes

[ 32-bit Windows | 64-bit Windows | Macintosh | ]

Second Life Voice Viewer version 5.0.10.330039

For more information, please read the Release Notes

[ Windows | Macintosh | Linux]

Second Life Project 360 Snapshot Channel

Project viewers are experimental viewers; they may not be beta quality - use at your own risk.

Second Life Project 360 Snapshot Viewer version 5.1.0.506743

For more information, please read the Release Notes

[ 32-bit Windows | 64-bit Windows | Macintosh | ]

Second Life Project Animesh Channel

Project viewers are experimental viewers; they may not be beta quality - use at your own risk.

Second Life Project Animesh Viewer version 5.0.10.330058

For more information, please read the Release Notes

[ Windows | Macintosh | Linux]

Second Life Project Render Channel

Project viewers are experimental viewers; they may not be beta quality - use at your own risk.

Second Life Project Render Viewer version 5.1.1.511873

For more information, please read the Release Notes

[ 32-bit Windows | 64-bit Windows | Macintosh | ]

Obsolete Platforms

This version is the most recent Second Life Release to support Linux.

Second Life Linux Spur Viewer version 5.0.9.329906

For more information, please read the Release Notes

[ Linux]

This version is the last Second Life Release to support Windows XP or below and Mac OS X prior to 10.7.

Second Life Obsolete Platforms Viewer version 3.7.28.300847

For more information, please read the Release Notes

[ Windows | Macintosh | Linux]

Third-Party Viewers

Many Second Life developers, outside of Linden Lab, offer customized Second Life viewers. Please note that Linden Lab does not support third-party viewers.

See Third Party Viewer Directory for a listing of third-party viewers created by developers who have certified that they comply with the Policy on Third Party Viewers.

Detailed information about many viewers in the Third Party Viewer Directory may be found in the Resident-maintained Downloads article.