**[Firestorm](https://www.firestormviewer.org) is a free client for 3D virtual worlds such as Second Life and various OpenSim worlds where users can create, connect and chat with others from around the world.** This repository contains the official source code for the Firestorm viewer. ## Open Source Firestorm is a third party viewer derived from the official [Second Life](https://github.com/secondlife/viewer) client. The client codebase has been open source since 2007 and is available under the LGPL license. ## Download Pre-built versions of the viewer releases for Windows, Mac and Linux can be downloaded from the [official website](https://www.firestormviewer.org/choose-your-platform/). ## Build Instructions Build instructions for each operating system can be found using the links below and in the official [wiki](https://wiki.firestormviewer.org). - [Windows](doc/building_windows.md) - [Mac](doc/building_macos.md) - [Linux](doc/building_linux.md) > [!NOTE] > We do not provide support for compiling the viewer or issues resulting from using a self-compiled viewer. However, there is a self-compilers group within Second Life that can be joined to ask questions related to compiling the viewer: [Firestorm Self Compilers](https://tinyurl.com/firestorm-self-compilers) ## Contribute Help make Firestorm better! You can get involved with improvements by filing bugs and suggesting enhancements via [JIRA](https://jira.firestormviewer.org) or [creating pull requests](doc/FS_PR_GUIDELINES.md).