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# Client-less VNC on OpenPlotter with NoVNC
- URL: https://hitechhobby.com/openplotter-vnc-in-your-browser/
- Published: 2019-06-09T16:20:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-20T04:43:26.000Z
- Description: Connect to your OpenPlotter right from your browser! No client needed. Works on any device.
- Author: HitechHobby
- Tags: Guides, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-20 04:41

In this post, we’ll show you how to add [NoVNC](https://github.com/novnc/noVNC?ref=hitechhobby.com) to your [OpenPlotter](http://sailoog.com/openplotter?ref=hitechhobby.com), eliminating the need for a VNC client, and making your Openplotter available to any device on the network (even mobile devices), through a web browser! Let’s get started!

Our first step is to remove **realvnc-vnc-server** as it only lets you connect with the RealVNC Client. We’ll be replacing it with **tightvncserver**.

sudo apt purge realvnc-vnc-server # Remove Default VNC Server
sudo apt-get install tightvncserver # Install New VNC Server
vncserver #Configure VNC Server

Running the **vncserver** command will prompt you for a password and configure your server. After this step you can connect to the OpenPlotter with any VNC Client at port :5901

Next, we’ll set up NoVNC on your OpenPlotter.

sudo apt purge websockify websockify-common python-websockify # Install NoVNC dependancy
cd ~/bin # Move to bin folder
git clone https://github.com/novnc/noVNC #Clone Repo

Test with (whish should also clone the most recent version of websockify):

/home/pi/bin/noVNC/utils/launch.sh --vnc localhost:5901 --listen 8080

Then, we’ll configure our OpenPlotter to start these services at boot. Add these lines to \[ /etc/rc.local \] before the ‘exit 0’

su - pi -c '/usr/bin/tightvncserver :1 -geometry 1280x800'
su - pi -c '/home/pi/bin/noVNC/utils/launch.sh --vnc localhost:5901 --listen 8080'

Finally, reboot to access your OpenPlotter VNC Server through any web browser \[Seems to work best in Chrome\] at: [http://openplotter.local:8080/vnc.html](http://openplotter.local:8080/vnc.html?ref=hitechhobby.com) or [http://10.10.10.1:8080/vnc.html](http://10.10.10.1:8080/vnc.html?ref=hitechhobby.com)

![](https://hitechhobby.com/content/images/hitechhobby-com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot-from-2019-06-09-09-08-57-1024x585.png)