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# anona-compute desktop

> Open a sandbox desktop

```text theme={null}
Reach the desktop of a sandbox (desktop template).

  anona-compute desktop ID                        print the live-view URL (control)
  anona-compute desktop ID --vnc 127.0.0.1:5901   serve the desktop as plain VNC (RFB) on a
                                          local port for any VNC client; each client
                                          gets its own session through the relay
  anona-compute desktop ID --mode novnc           print the E2B-compatible noVNC URL on port
                                          6080 (started by the e2b-desktop SDK)
```

## Usage

```text theme={null}
anona-compute desktop SANDBOX_ID [flags]
```

## Flags

| Flag | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `--help`, `-h` | | help for desktop |
| `--mode` | string | live (Anona relay) or novnc (E2B noVNC URL) (default "live") |
| `--view-only` | | with --vnc: view scope (the sandbox serves a view-only VNC server) |
| `--vnc` | string | serve the desktop as VNC on this local address (for example 127.0.0.1:5901) |

Global flags (`--api-key`, `--api-url`, `--json`, `--output`, `--profile`, `--request-timeout`, `--verbose`) work on every command; see [anona-compute](https://docs.anonalabs.com/compute/cli/reference/anona-compute.md).


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