Second Life Viewer
The official desktop viewer for Second Life, developed and distributed by Linden Lab and the natural starting point for accessing the full Grid.
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The third-party viewers listed below are not developed or distributed by Linden Lab. Inclusion in Linden Lab's Third Party Viewer Directory means the developer has represented that the viewer complies with Linden Lab's third-party viewer policy and Terms of Service. It is not an endorsement. Evaluate any software before installing it.
View Linden Lab's official Third Party Viewer Directory ↗Linden Lab's official desktop viewer, with direct access to the full Second Life experience.
The official desktop viewer for Second Life, developed and distributed by Linden Lab and the natural starting point for accessing the full Grid.
Third-party graphical viewers intended to provide a complete in-world experience.
An open-source viewer focused on stability, performance and staying close to current Second Life viewer development.
An open-source viewer built around visual quality, creative tools, performance and an artist-friendly workflow.
A highly customized viewer best known for photography, machinima and extensive visual controls.
A long-running, feature-rich community viewer with extensive customization, creator tools and a large support ecosystem.
An experimental viewer aimed at experienced users, mixing official viewer code with custom visual and interface features.
A viewer offering standard and RLV-oriented builds with a broad mix of original and community viewer features.
A stability and usability-focused viewer with original features and close ties to RLVa development.
The original RLV-focused viewer, designed for experiences and scripted objects that use Restrained Love functionality.
A viewer combining a classic Viewer 1-style interface with newer technology, creator tools and RLVa support.
A performance-minded legacy-style viewer designed to keep a lower memory footprint while supporting modern Second Life features.
One of the oldest maintained third-party viewers, emphasizing performance, stability and a consistent classic interface.
A lightweight fork focused on making Second Life available on less commonly supported platforms with fewer bundled dependencies.
A specialized viewer that integrates compatible Lovense devices with Second Life experiences.
Clients that intentionally leave out some parts of the traditional 3D viewer experience.
Linden Lab’s official mobile experience for Second Life, built for staying connected, exploring places, moving around the world and managing your avatar from a phone or tablet.
A lightweight non-graphical client for chat, inventory, groups and other Second Life functions, with a strong accessibility focus.
A web-based Second Life client that works across desktop and mobile browsers without a traditional viewer download.
A text-only mobile client for messaging, groups, inventory and basic world navigation without a full 3D view.
An Android messaging client for Second Life with chat, teleporting, profiles, friends and a region map.
LuckySpiritor brings Linden Lab's official viewer and mobile options together with public information from Linden Lab's Third Party Viewer Directory to make viewer comparison easier. Availability changes. Linden Lab's download pages, the official third-party directory, and each viewer's own website should always be treated as the final source for current downloads and support.
Directory sources reviewed September 2026.