Wayland is described as 'Project to define a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a library implementation of the protocol' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are six alternatives to Wayland for Linux, BSD and Mac. The best Wayland alternative is Compiz, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Wayland are X11, XQuartz, XLibre and Mir.
Compiz is a compositing manager adding fancy effects to your windows, from drop shadows to awesome desktop effects like the Desktop Cube or the Expo view.
Compiz is the most popular Linux alternative to Wayland.
Compiz is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Wayland.
The X.Org project provides an open source implementation of the X Window System. The development work is being done in conjunction with the freedesktop.org community. The X.Org Foundation is the educational non-profit corporation whose Board serves this effort, and whose Members...
This provides a windowing system for some applications that normally run on Linux, as well as for forwarding GUI from the server to your client computer.
XQuartz is the most popular Mac alternative to Wayland.
The XLibre contributors strive to cleanup and strengthen the existing code base while maintaining backward compatibility to make X11 a viable choice for the future. Another goal is to actively enhance the functionality of the Xserver and its drivers.
The purpose of Mir is to enable the development of user interfaces shells. In the case of Ubuntu, Mir will be utilized by next generation Unity. In addition, Mir will be developed in a manner that will retain its flexibility and usability in order that shells other than Unity...
Phoenix is a new X server, written from scratch in Zig (not a fork of Xorg server). This X server is designed to be a modern alternative to the Xorg server.
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