Veyon – Cross-platform computer control and classroom management

Veyon 4.10.0 released

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:42:11 +0100

We’re happy to announce Veyon 4.10.0, a new minor release series of Veyon 4. The new version builds on the stable version 4.9.8 and adds a new feature for collecting files from students. There is also a new advanced option to prompt users in guest sessions to enter their name, so that, for example, in exam situations with logged-in guest accounts, they must enter their name. The name is then displayed in Veyon Master instead of the guest account and is also used to name collected files. On smaller screens, the toolbar in Veyon Master now always expands automatically so that all buttons are always visible.

All downloads for this release are available in the download area.

A complete list of changes in detail can be found below:

New features
- Added new feature to collect files from remote computers
- Added option to request user identification for guest sessions (enable at configuration page “Master” at the very bottom in advanced view mode)
Master
- Refactored main toolbar to resize itself and wrap buttons dynamically
Plugins
- LDAP Basic got renamed to LDAP/AD since the commercial LDAP Pro add-on has been retired
- Allow logging in users remotely without a password
Linux
- Added options for customizing delays between simulated key presses when logging in users
Windows
- Rebase build environment to Debian 13 / GCC 14
- Improved management and monitoring of the Veyon Server process to restart it more reliably on unexpected shutdown - fixes issues where computers were accessible only after restarting the Veyon Service
- Veyon Server no longer shuts down when using the builtin UltraVNC server parallel to the official UltraVNC service
- 3rdparty: Qt: update to 6.10.2 including bugfix for TLS-related performance regression (https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/606906)
- 3rdparty: libpng: update to 1.6.54

Veyon 4.9.8 released

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:12:11 +0100

We’re happy to announce Veyon 4.9.8, the eigth maintenance release of Veyon 4.9.x. It contains several minor improvements in Veyon Master, fixes a bug in the LDAP/AD module and disables the mechanism for handling interfering windows by default. The Internet Access Control and Auvidus add-ons have gained new configuration options to control how the respective blocking functions behave when the service starts or the computer boots up.

All downloads for this release are available in the download area.

A complete list of changes in detail can be found below:

General
- Improved compatibility with Qt 6.10
- Make log directory handling more secure (prevent symlink/junction abuse and add full path validation, #1075)
Master
- Auto-adjust icon size when switching computer positioning mode
- Fixed enforcing designated mode (i.e. screen lock) if system tray icon is disabled in the service configuration
- Allow sorting computers by user’s surname (#1034, #1045)
Plugins
- LDAP: fixed MAC address retrieval when 1:1 mapping 1:1 of OUs to locations is enabled.
Linux
- Add Fedora 43 packages
- Add openSUSE Leap 16.0 packages
- Drop Fedora 41 packages
Windows
- Disable interfering windows handling by default since it caused troubles in various environments
- 3rdparty: libpng: update to 1.6.53
- 3rdparty: libjpeg-turbo: update to 3.1.2
- 3rdparty: OpenSSL: update to 3.5.4

Veyon 4.9.7 released

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:24:19 +0200

We’re happy to announce Veyon 4.9.7, the seventh maintenance release of Veyon 4.9.x. It introduces optimized bandwidth calculation for demo mode based on type and speed of the network link. The Entra ID Connector (part of Veyon Add-ons) received improved Intune support to query MAC addresses on-demand when powering on computers.

All downloads for this release are available in the download area.

A complete list of changes in detail can be found below:

General:
- Improved compatibility with Qt 6.9 and 6.10
Plugins
- Demo: calculate internal bandwidth limit according to network speed and link type (i.e. use half the bandwidth of 100M/1G/2.5G Ethernet links and quarter the bandwidth of wireless links)
- PowerControl: modernized Wake-on-LAN implementation and added debug messages
Linux:
- Add Debian 13 packages
- Add RHEL 10 packages
- Drop Ubuntu 20.04 packages
Windows:
- 3rdparty: libpng: update to 1.6.50
- 3rdparty: libjpeg-turbo: update to 3.1.1
- 3rdparty: OpenSSL: update to 3.5.2

Veyon 4.9.6 released

Wed, 28 May 2025 22:41:19 +0200

We’re happy to announce Veyon 4.9.6, the sixth maintenance release of Veyon 4.9.x. The LDAP/AD plugin now supports mapping OUs/containers 1:1 to locations. On Windows a mechanism has been added to handle windows that interfere with screen capturing. Besides those two additions, only bug fixes and 3rdparty component updates are included.

All downloads for this release are available in the download area.

A complete list of changes in detail can be found below:

Master:
- Improved performance of internal data models
Plugins
- LDAP: added support for mapping OUs/containers 1:1 to locations (backport from retired LDAP Pro add-on)
Service:
- Dropped LanmanWorkstation dependency on Windows to fix potential service start issues
Linux:
- Add Fedora 42 packages and drop Fedora 40 packages
- Drop openSUSE 15.5 packages
Windows:
- Added various actions for handling windows with unusual attributes/settings that interfere with screen capturing (configurable in advanced view mode)
- Dropped repeated session-related debug messages
- 3rdparty: DDEngine: update to 1.6.1.0
- 3rdparty: libpng: update to 1.6.48
- 3rdparty: OpenLDAP: update to 2.6.10
- 3rdparty: UltraVNC: update to 1.6.1.0

Veyon 4.9.5 released

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:29:19 +0200

We’re happy to announce Veyon 4.9.5, the fifth maintenance release of Veyon 4.9.x. This is a pure bugfix release except for a new view mode button in the slideshow panel of Veyon Master.

All downloads for this release are available in the download area.

A complete list of changes in detail can be found below:

Master:
- Added button to view slideshow panel in separate window
- Use configured computer name source for thumbnail caption and tooltip content
- Restore custom computer positions whenever the UID of a computer changes dynamically
- Make user config template take precedence over local user config
- Filter powed on computers / logged on users if corresponding button was checked in the previous session
Service:
- Fixed issue where username was not reported to Veyon Master if it was not available at the beginning of the user session
Configurator:
- Improved layout and messages of access control rules test dialog
CLI:
- Fixed crash when listing configuration keys caused by detached proxied config properties
Plugins:
- DesktopServices: fix argument name of OpenWebsite feature
- DesktopServices: stop worker process after opening website so feature is not permanently indicated as active in Veyon Master
- FileTransfer: stop worker process after all files have been received so feature is not permanently indicated as active in Veyon Master
- WebAPI: fix deadlock when activating/deactivating features (#1021)

Veyon 4.9.4 released

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:52:19 +0100

We’re happy to announce Veyon 4.9.4, the fourth maintenance release of Veyon 4.9.x. This release introduces suppor for dark color schemes and enhances the visualization of computer, connection and session states in Veyon Master. We now also offer packages for RHEL 8 and 9 (built on RockyLinux 8/9). At the same time we no longer provide packages for CentOS.

New host state icons used by Veyon Master (offline, DNS error, service not running, access denied, online)

All downloads for this release are available in the download area.

A complete list of changes in detail can be found below:

Core/General:
- Added dark mode support + setting for explicit selection of light/dark mode
- Improved connection reliability and automatic reconnect on timeouts
- Added support for managing and reporting access control results via protocol
Configurator:
- Fixed reset button behavior if no access control method was configured
- Start/stop/restart Veyon Service in background and indicate via new toast popup so Configurator remains usable
Master:
- Improved and extended computer icons to better reflect error states (access control failed, host name resolution failed, service not running/reachable)
- Use dedicated icons in dark mode
- Show active features in small icon overlay above computer thumbnails
- Show detailed information about access control failures in the tooltip, i.e. the name of the denying rule, access denied by user or accessing user not member of authorized user group
- Show hostname or IP address in tooltip
Service:
- Fixed broken Headless VNC server on Windows
Linux:
- Add RHEL 8/9 packages (built on RockyLinux 8/9)
- Build with updated openSUSE Tumbleweed build container
- Drop CentOS 7.9 package
Windows:
- 3rdparty: FFmpeg: update to 7.1.1
- 3rdparty: libpng: update to 1.6.47
- 3rdparty: libvncserver: build without OpenSSL support
- 3rdparty: QCA: update to 2.3.10
- 3rdparty: Qt: update to 6.8.3
- 3rdparty: x264: update to 165

Veyon 4.9.3 released

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:01:19 +0100

We’re happy to announce Veyon 4.9.3, the third maintenance release of Veyon 4.9.x. This release fixes a severe crash in Veyon Master when built with Qt 5, enhances the access control module and fixes various bugs.

All downloads for this release are available in the download area.

A complete list of changes in detail can be found below:

Core/General:
- Added support for new access control condition “Local computer is already being accessed”
- Add support for regular expressions when matching locations or user groups during access control
Master:
- Fix crash on start when built with Qt 5
- Reset alternative computer name when hiding computer
Windows:
- Fixed empty session meta data when querying registry keys from HKEY_CURRENT_USER
- Fixed memory leak when querying environment variables of user session
- 3rdparty: OpenSSL: update to 3.4.1

Veyon 4.9.2 released

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:02:19 +0100

We’re happy to announce Veyon 4.9.2, the second maintenance release of Veyon 4.9.x. This release fixes various bugs, adds minor new features to Veyon Master and comes with the new commercial Auvidus add-on for audio, webcam and USB drive control (preview version, only available for Windows):

All downloads for this release are available in the download area.

A complete list of changes in detail can be found below:

Core/General:
- Improved Qt 6.8 compatibility
- Added support for querying session meta data and use it as computer name
Master:
- Add support for loading user configuration template
- Add support for alternative computer name sources
- Add support for alternative UID mapping
Configurator:
- Fix crash on access control groups cleanup when built with Qt 5
- Add setting for configuration templates directory
Plugins:
- WebAPI: fix statistics variable update
- WebAPI: use separate worker thread
- WebAPI: unlock connection before starting timers in worker thread to fix deadlock
- WebAPI: log idle/lifetime timeouts
Linux:
- Add support for libproc2 4.0.5 and newer
Windows:
- 3rdparty: Qt: update to 6.8.2
- 3rdparty: OpenLDAP: update to 2.6.9
- 3rdparty: libjpeg-turbo: update to 3.1.0
- 3rdparty: libpng: update to 1.6.45
- 3rdparty: libvncserver: update to 0.9.15

Veyon 4.9.1 released

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:14:19 +0100

We’re happy to announce Veyon 4.9.1, the first maintenance release of Veyon 4.9.x. This release fixes various bugs and adds new features to the commercial Entra ID Connector add-on (Intune support, query console). Starting with Veyon 4.9.1 packages for Fedora 41 are provided for download.

All downloads for this release are available in the download area.

A complete list of changes in detail can be found below:

Core/General:
- Improved Qt 6.8 compatibility
- NetworkObjectDirectory: optimized performance when objects are updated
- VncConnection: improve locking during client initialization
Master:
- Add option to always expand all locations on application start
- Add support for nested locations when manually adding locations
- Improved location detection for nested locations
- Improved filtering nested locations
- Fixed crash when working with nested locations (LDAP Pro) and the “Show current location only” option is enabled
Configurator:
- Access control: always clean up authorized groups, i.e. remove groups which are not/no longer available
Plugins:
- WebAPI: add endpoint for debugging
- WebAPI: add endpoint for retrieving host state
Linux:
- Add Fedora 41 packages
- Drop Fedora 39 packages
Windows:
- 3rdparty: Qt: update to 6.8.1
- 3rdparty: libjpeg-turbo: update to 3.0.4
- 3rdparty: libpng: update to 1.6.44
- 3rdparty: OpenSSL: update to 3.4.0

Veyon 4.9.0 released

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:02:19 +0200

We’re happy to announce Veyon 4.9.0, the first release of the latest and last minor release series of Veyon 4. While Veyon 4.9 itself comes with minor improvements only, the commercial Veyon Add-ons have been enhanced by the new Entra ID Connector, allowing to work with devices, users and groups from the Entra ID cloud platform. Starting with Veyon 4.9.0 packages for Fedora 40, Ubuntu 24.04 and openSUSE 15.6 are provided for download.

All downloads for this release are available in the download area.

A complete list of changes in detail can be found below:

Core:
- Centralize user groups backend configuration - no longer used for access control only but also e.g. for configuring authentication key access group
Plugins:
- AuthKeys: on key import only prompt for key name if undefined, otherwise use name as used on export
- BuiltinDirectory: improve export command and import/export help strings
- WebAPI: add missing dependency on Windows to work properly again
Linux:
- Service now restarts server if crashed
- Skip DBus calls when run via CLI (improves WebAPI server reliability)
- Add Fedora 40 packages
- Add openSUSE 15.6 packages
- Add Ubuntu 24.04 packages
- Drop Debian 10 packages
- Drop Fedora 38 packages
- Drop openSUSE 15.4 packages
Windows:
- 3rdparty: Qt: update to 6.7.2
- 3rdparty: libjpeg-turbo: update to 3.0.3
- 3rdparty: OpenLDAP: update to to 2.6.8
- 3rdparty: OpenSSL: update to 3.3.2
- 3rdparty: QCA: update to 2.3.9