Community:VRCNext

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VRCNext is a third-party VRChat launcher and management application for Windows. It provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for interacting with VRChat through its REST API and WebSocket connections.

As of March 2026, a Linux port is in development, with an early build available for several Linux distributions[1].

Features

Friends and social

  • View friends by status (favorites, in-game, web/active, offline) with collapsible sections.
  • Add notes, check mutual friends, and view trust rank badges on friend cards.
  • Block, mute, or unfriend users from their profile.
  • Search and filter the friends list by name in real time.
  • Send simple messages to friends using VRChat's InviteMessage and ResponseMessage system (rate-limited).
  • Invite multiple friends to an instance at once with rate-limiting safeguards and a progress bar.
  • Track when meetings with other users first occurred and when they recur. Log instance and world entries, and when photos were taken. A friends timeline shows online/offline status changes, bio updates, and world movement in real time.
  • Track time spent with individual users and in specific worlds. Data is stored locally on the user's machine.

Worlds and instances

  • Search for worlds and view active instances with player counts, region, and type.
  • Create instances outside of VRChat, including group instances (Group Public, Group, Group+).
  • See which friends are in a world and which instance they are in.
  • View world details such as player count, favorites, visits, capacity, and tags.
  • Manage favorited worlds and rename favorite groups.
  • View all players in the current instance. Open profiles or add players as friends from the instance view.
  • View a real-time overview of friends' current worlds and activity (dashboard). Click world cards to see which friends are in each instance.

Avatars

  • Change avatars before launching VRChat.
  • Browse uploaded avatars and favorited avatars organized by group.
  • Search for public avatars via avtrdb.com and the Rose Database.
  • Platform compatibility badges (PC/Quest) are displayed on avatar cards.

Groups

  • View, join, leave, and search for groups.
  • See group posts, image galleries, and updates.
  • Create group posts with media attachments.
  • Create group instances directly from the application.
  • Browse upcoming VRChat events in a monthly calendar view. Filter by all, featured, or followed events.

Profile

  • Change online status, status text, biography, pronouns, languages, and social links.
  • Update profile picture and banner image.

Notifications

  • View and respond to friend requests, instance invites, and group invites.
  • Real-time toast notifications appear for various event types and can be acted on directly.

Media and photos

  • View VRChat images sorted by date and time. Favorite, delete, or blur sensitive images.
  • Add custom folders for external media such as OBS recordings.
  • View world metadata for images taken with VRCCam (requires Meta Data enabled).
  • Automatically send VRChat photos to Discord channels via webhooks. Configure up to four webhooks with custom bot names and avatars.

Integration and utilities

  • Display custom text, current Spotify or iTunes track, AFK status, system stats, local time, or session duration in the VRChat chatbox (chatbox relay). Supports a live preview with character counter and configurable update rate.
  • Control avatar parameters directly via Open Sound Control (OSC). Supports Bool, Int, and Float parameter types with filtering and search.
  • Access a VR overlay with a Friends tab showing online in-game friends with status, world name, and quick invite. World Location tab displays current instance information.
  • Launch VRChat and companion applications (e.g. SlimeVR, VRCFaceTracking) together from VRCNext.
  • Install and manage VRCVideoCacher, a tool that addresses YouTube video playback issues in VRChat worlds.
  • Voice-triggered soundboard powered by offline VOSK speech recognition. Assign audio files (WAV, MP3, OGG) to trigger words or phrases with per-keyword cooldowns (Voice Fight).
  • Adjust the VR play space using the grip button or control stick, with lockable axes and adjustable drag multiplier (Space Flight).

Getting started

Download the latest release from the GitHub releases page.

  • Windows: Run the installer.
  • Linux: Extract the archive and run the included install script. The installer supports apt (Debian/Ubuntu), pacman (Arch), dnf (Fedora), and zypper (openSUSE).

Login is optional, but most management features require a VRChat Account.

See also

References

  1. ↑ VRCNext Linux documentation on GitHub
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