Viewers of Second Life

List of viewers with supported operating systems

Legend:
Viewer – Name of the viewer along with link to developer website
Win – computer with Microsoft Windows
Mac – computers with Apple MacOS
Lin – computers with Linux
And – mobile devices with Android
iOS – mobile devices with iOS

Viewwers with full functionality (3D view, nearby and vocie chat, etc.)
Viewer Description Win Mac Lin And iOS
Alchemy Experimental vieer optimized for best performance with latest changes. YES YES YES NO NO
Black Dragon Unique interface viewer. Focused mostly for graphics quality. YES NO NO NO NO
Firestorm More stable viewer. More language supported (incl. Polish). YES YES YES NO NO
Kirstens Hybrid coded viewer. Focused on visual effects. YES NO NO NO NO
Kokua Viewer with or without RLV system depending on user preferences. Best functions only. Supports Linux64 distros. YES YES YES NO NO
Catznip Focused on stability, user experience, privacy. YES NO YES NO NO
Restrained Love For BDSM fans. Full RLV system support. YES YES NO NO NO
Singularity YES NO YES NO NO
Genesis Very fast v1.23 UI with extra functions YES NO NO NO NO
Cool VL Extended v1.0 UI with latest fuctions YES YES YES NO NO
Megapahit Viewer for ‘electronic refugees’ (people with slower hardware). NO YES YES NO NO
Lovesense Viewer with Lovesense integrations YES YES NO NO NO
Viewers with lower capabilities (basic 3D view, no voice chat, etc.)
Radegast Low memory viewer for business purposes where 3D view and voice chat are not required. YES YES YES NO NO
Speedlight First web-browser and mobile viewer. Basic 3D view, no voice chat. YES YES YES YES YES
Megapahit Text only viewer for iOS NO NO NO NO YES
Mobile Grid Client Second Life and OpenSim viewr for Android NO NO NO YES NO

Hardware requirements:

Official Second Life Viewer
Minimum
Component Windows MacOS Linux
OS version 10 (latest service pack, 64-bit) OS X 11 Only 32-bit***
RAM 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Processor** Supporting SSE2, 2 cores 1.5 GHz Intel 800 MHz Intel Pentium III OR AMD Athlon
Connection bandwith* 1 Mb/s 1 Mb/s 1 Mb/s
OpenGL 3.2 3.2 3.2
Screen resolution 1024×768 pikseli 1024×769 pikseli 1024×768 pikseli
Recommended
OS version 11 (latest service pack, 64-bit) Latest MacOS Only 32-bit***
RAM 8+ GB 8+ GB 8+ GB
Processor** Spporting SSE2, 8 cores 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or better 800 MHz Intel Pentium III OR AMD Athlon
Connection bandwith* 1.5+ Mb/s 1.5+ Mb/s 1.5+ Mb/s
OpenGL 4.6 4.1 4.6
Screen resolution 1920×1080 pikseli 1920×1080 pikseli 1920×1080 pikseli
* Not compatibile with dial-up, satellite internet and some GSM connections (slower than LTE)
** Only processors with x86_64 architecture. No support for ARM processors at this time.
*** Linux client is maintained by community, may not have latest updates.
Firestorm
Minimum
Component Windows MacOS Linux
OS version 10 (32-bit) 12 Monterey Version 64-bit with kernel 5.0 or newer
RAM 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB
Processor* 2.7 GHz Dual Core 2.7 GHz Dual Core 2.7 GHz Dual Core
Connection bandwith 750 kb/s download, 100 kb/s upload 750 kb/s download, 100 kb/s upload 750 kb/s download, 100 kb/s upload
Drive space up to 2 GB (cache size depending on user preferences) up to 2 GB (cache size depending on user preferences) up to 2 GB (cache size depending on user preferences)
Screen resolution 1024×768 pixels 1024×769 pixels 1024×768 pixels
Recommended
OS version 11 (latest service pack, 64-bit) 12 Monterey Only 32-bit***
RAM 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB
Processor* 3.3 GHz Quad Core 3.3 GHz Quad Core 3.3 GHz Quad Core
Connection bandwith 1.2 – 10 Mb/s download, 1 Mb/s upload 1.2 – 10 Mb/s download, 1 Mb/s upload 1.2 – 10 Mb/s download, 1 Mb/s upload
Drive space up to 11 GB (cache size depending on user preferences) up to 11 GB (cache size depending on user preferences) up to 11 GB (cache size depending on user preferences)
Rozdzielczość monitora 1920×1080 pixels 1920×1080 pixels 1920×1080 pixels
* Only processors with x86_64 architecture. No support for ARM processors at this time.