wlroots
E284594
wlroots is a modular, compositor-focused library that provides building blocks for creating Wayland compositors, widely used in lightweight and tiling window managers.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| wlroots canonical | 2 |
| Wayland compositor | 1 |
| Wayland compositors | 1 |
| swaywm project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2629127 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: wlroots Context triple: [Wayland, influenced, wlroots]
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A.
Wayland
Wayland is a modern display server protocol for Linux and other Unix-like systems designed to replace the X Window System with a simpler, more efficient architecture.
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B.
Wayland
Wayland is a small city in Allegan County, Michigan, known for its rural character and proximity to Grand Rapids.
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C.
KWin
KWin is the KDE Plasma desktop environment’s highly configurable window manager and compositor, providing advanced window management, effects, and Wayland/X11 support.
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D.
X11
X11 is a widely used windowing system and network-transparent graphical protocol that provides the foundational GUI framework for Unix-like operating systems.
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E.
Desktop Window Manager
Desktop Window Manager is the compositing window manager in modern Microsoft Windows that handles visual effects, window rendering, and desktop composition using hardware acceleration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: wlroots Target entity description: wlroots is a modular, compositor-focused library that provides building blocks for creating Wayland compositors, widely used in lightweight and tiling window managers.
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A.
Wayland
Wayland is a modern display server protocol for Linux and other Unix-like systems designed to replace the X Window System with a simpler, more efficient architecture.
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B.
Wayland
Wayland is a small city in Allegan County, Michigan, known for its rural character and proximity to Grand Rapids.
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C.
KWin
KWin is the KDE Plasma desktop environment’s highly configurable window manager and compositor, providing advanced window management, effects, and Wayland/X11 support.
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D.
X11
X11 is a widely used windowing system and network-transparent graphical protocol that provides the foundational GUI framework for Unix-like operating systems.
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E.
Desktop Window Manager
Desktop Window Manager is the compositing window manager in modern Microsoft Windows that handles visual effects, window rendering, and desktop composition using hardware acceleration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Wayland compositor library
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free and open-source software ⓘ software library ⓘ |
| designGoal |
compositor-agnostic components
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flexibility ⓘ minimal dependencies ⓘ modularity ⓘ performance ⓘ |
| implements |
Wayland protocol abstractions
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XWayland integration helpers ⓘ backend abstractions ⓘ input device handling ⓘ output management ⓘ renderer abstractions ⓘ session management helpers ⓘ |
| license | MIT License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
FreeBSD
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Linux ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| provides | building blocks for Wayland compositors ⓘ |
| repositoryPlatform | GitHub ⓘ |
| softwareType |
compositor-focused library
ⓘ
modular library ⓘ |
| supportsBackend |
DRM
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Wayland ⓘ X11 ⓘ headless ⓘ |
| supportsDisplayServer | Wayland compositors ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
data device (clipboard) handling
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gamma control ⓘ output layout management ⓘ pointer constraints ⓘ primary selection ⓘ relative pointer protocol ⓘ screen capture helpers ⓘ tablet input ⓘ |
| supportsInput |
libinput
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virtual input devices ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol | Wayland ⓘ |
| supportsRenderingAPI |
EGL
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OpenGL ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hikari
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Hyprland ⓘ Sway ⓘ Wayfire ⓘ cage ⓘ labwc ⓘ phoc ⓘ river ⓘ |
| usedFor | creating Wayland compositors ⓘ |
| usedIn |
lightweight window managers
ⓘ
tiling window managers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: wlroots Description of subject: wlroots is a modular, compositor-focused library that provides building blocks for creating Wayland compositors, widely used in lightweight and tiling window managers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mutter
this entity surface form:
Wayland compositor