Wayland AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Desktop Environments

The best Desktop Environment alternative to Wayland is X11, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked six alternatives to Wayland, but unfortunately only two of them are Desktop Environments.

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  1. X11 icon

    X11

     18 likes

    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...

    6 X11 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  2. XQuartz icon

    XQuartz

     15 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    XQuartz screenshot 1
     
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