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. That page also links to the latest beta, the version next in line to become the next released Viewer.

The viewers below provide alternate means of accessing Second Life.

Note: If you experience problems using any of the viewers below, you may be asked to try to replicate the problem using the officially supported SL Viewer release.

Second Life Project Viewers

A Second Life Project Viewer is an early release from a Viewer development team that provides a preview of one or more new features. See the linked project pages for the status of the feature and instructions on how to provide feedback based on your use of the feature.

Project Materials Viewer

Normal and Specular Maps Project Viewer

This viewer deals with bug fixes for the released Materials feature set.

Installers: Windows | Macintosh | Linux

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Beta Maintenance

Second Life Beta Maintenance Viewer version {{{version}}}

Released on June 14, 2013.

For more information on this beta maintenance viewer, please see the release notes

[ Windows | Macintosh | Linux]

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Cocoa Viewer

Updated: February 28, 2013 - Cocoa Project Viewer

Removing legacy Carbon code from the OS X viewer.

Installers: Macintosh | 

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Merchant Outbox

New: March 8, 2013 - Merchant Outbox Project Viewer

This viewer resolves remaining issues with the Merchant Outbox as laid out in WEB-4600.

Installers: Windows | Macintosh | Linux

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CHUI   The latest CHUI changes can be found in version 3.5.0 of the Second Life Beta Viewer

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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.