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 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 Release Channel

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

Second Life Project Experience Tools Channel

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

Second Life Project Experience Tools Viewer version 3.7.12.291846

For more information, please read the Release Notes

[ Windows | Macintosh | Linux]

Second Life Project OculusRift Channel

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

Second Life Project OculusRift Viewer version 3.7.12.292141

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.