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Wayland

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Wayland is a project to define a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a library implementation of the protocol.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application type

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Linux  Comes bundled with newer versions of distributions.
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4.8 / 5 Avg rating (4)
32likes
0comments
5alternatives
3news articles

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Support for Multiple Monitors

 Tags

  • window-systems
  • os-user-interface
  • os-user-interfaces
  • window-system
  • User interface
  • emulation-window-system
  • os-gui
  • windows-system
  • display-server
  • user-interfaces
  • windows-systems
  • windows-managers

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  • PredatorQ and alternativeto-dingo898 liked Wayland
    •about 2 months ago
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  • tamoi, hifeja8751 and Ornataweaver liked Wayland
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Wayland information

  • Developed by

    US flagfreedesktop.org

  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free product.

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.8

  • Alternatives

    5 alternatives listed

  • News

    3 news article related to Wayland

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Wayland was added to AlternativeTo by Antonio David Gellida Lavara on Aug 25, 2014 and this page was last updated Jun 2, 2023.
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What is Wayland?

Wayland is intended as a simpler replacement for X11 icon X11, easier to develop and maintain. Desktop environments that support Wayland include GNOME icon GNOME and KDE Plasma icon KDE Plasma.

Wayland is a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a C library implementation of that protocol. The compositor can be a standalone display server running on Linux kernel modesetting and evdev input devices, an X application, or a wayland client itself. The clients can be traditional applications, X servers (rootless or fullscreen) or other display servers.

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