Supported Viewers

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Viewer Support Policy

As described in the March 2009 blog post, our policy is to support the newest official Second Life Release, the last released Beta or Release Candidate Viewer, and the previous official Second Life Release. For example: Second Life Release Viewers 2.5.0 and 2.4.0, and the latest Second Life Beta Viewer (2.5.0).

Important: Special Note: At this time, Viewer 1.23.5 remains an exception to the above-stated policy, as we have no immediate plans to deprecate it.

Deprecation Policy

Because Linden Lab supports only the current version and one version back, sixty (60) days after the release of a new official Viewer, the oldest Second Life Release will be deprecated. At that time, Residents attempting to log in using the deprecated version are required to update to the newest Second Life Release. Should you wish to use a supported Viewer other than the newest one, download links have been provided below.

Note: Exceptions to the above policy may occur when important crash and/or bug fixes in the latest Second Life Release necessitate making the newest Second Life Release a mandatory update from the last official release. For example, to greatly improve Resident crash rates, Viewer 2.1.0 was deprecated shortly after the release of Viewer 2.1.1, which included several important crash fixes.

Supported Viewers     Linden Lab currently supports: Second Life Release Viewer 2.5.0 (220251) Second Life Release Viewer 2.4.0 (216989) Second Life Release Viewer 2.3.0 (214726) Second Life Release Viewer 2.2.0 (212097) Second Life Release Viewer 2.1.1 (208043) Second Life Release Viewer 1.23 (1.23.5) Second Life Beta Viewer 2.5.0 (220251) Tip: You can always easily see what Viewer version you're using.

Installer Downloads

Second Life Release Viewers

• 2.5.0 (220251) Second Life Release: Windows | Mac | Linux | Release Notes
• 2.4.0 (216989) Second Life Release: Windows | Mac | Linux | Release Notes
• 2.3.0 (214726) Second Life Release: Windows | Mac | Linux | Release Notes
• 2.2.0 (212097) Second Life Release: Windows | Mac | Linux | Release Notes
• 1.23.5 (136262) Second Life Release: Windows | Mac | Linux | Release Notes

Second Life Beta Viewer

• 2.5.0 (220251) Second Life Beta Viewer - Windows | Mac | Linux | Release Notes

Second Life Project Viewers

For the list of currently available Project Viewers, please visit the Alternate Viewers download page

Mandatory Updates

Mandatory Second Life Release upgrades may be necessary to to correct an urgent security issue or policy change. Under such circumstances, all Residents are required to update their official Second Life Viewer to the newest supported version. Off-cycle Mandatory updates are employed only when absolutely necessary.
Please note that all Second Life Beta Viewer releases are mandatory updates.