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XQuartz

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.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

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Platforms

  • Mac
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  1.  X server
  2.  Desktop Environment
  3.  Graphical User Interface

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  • x11-desktop-environments
  • graphical-ui

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XQuartz information

  • Developed by

    Unknown

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Alternatives

    3 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about XQuartz, and it has gotten 15 likes

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Doesn't seem to work on Mac anymore. It used to open automatically when I would remote ssh into another computer, but now it doesn't. Opening XQuartz before ssh doesn't work either.

brucelgrubb
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Where has it been stated that XQuartz has been discontinued?

brucelgrubb

Nowhere I can find. I think it is because it hasn't seen an update since 2017 that it has gotten the discontinued label

dusanpeterc

It is not discontinued, there is a new release from April 2021. The latest version also supports Apple Silicon (M1), and works very well, so frequent updates are not so essential as on some newer, more unstable projects.

What is XQuartz?

The XQuartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the X.org X Window System that runs on Mac OS X. Together with supporting libraries and applications, it forms the X11.app that Apple has shipped with OS X since version 10.5.

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