Chromium (Wayland backend)

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Chromium (Wayland backend) is a build and configuration of the Chromium web browser that uses the Wayland display protocol for native windowing and graphics on Linux systems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chromium build configuration
web browser backend configuration
alternativeTo Chromium (Wayland backend) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chromium (X11 backend)
basedOn Chromium
benefit better HiDPI and scaling behavior on Wayland compositors
reduced latency compared to XWayland in many setups
tighter integration with Wayland compositors
buildOption ozone_platform_wayland=true
ozone_platform_x11=false (in pure Wayland builds)
use_ozone=true
category Linux web browser technology
codeRepository https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/
componentOf Chromium Ozone platform abstraction
configurationFlag --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform
--ozone-platform-hint=auto
--ozone-platform=wayland
contrastWith Chromium running via XWayland
displayServerProtocol Wayland
graphicsStack EGL
OpenGL
Vulkan
surface form: Vulkan (via platform support, where available)
inputMethodSupport Wayland text-input protocols (where implemented)
maintainedBy The Chromium Project
surface form: Chromium project
packageAvailability Arch Linux (Wayland-enabled Chromium builds)
Fedora Linux
surface form: Fedora (Wayland-enabled Chromium builds)

Gentoo (Wayland USE flag for Chromium)
Chromium (Wayland backend) self-linksurface differs
surface form: openSUSE (Wayland-enabled Chromium builds)
primaryUse native Wayland windowing and graphics for Chromium on Linux
runtimeEnvironment Wayland
surface form: Wayland session
supportsCompositor KWin
Mutter
Sway
Wayfire
Weston
supportsFeature GPU acceleration on Wayland
HiDPI displays
WebRTC screen sharing via PipeWire (where enabled)
clipboard integration via Wayland
drag and drop via Wayland protocols
fractional scaling (depending on compositor)
pointer constraints (lock and confine)
screen capture via PipeWire (where enabled)
touch input
window decorations via xdg-decoration or client-side decorations
supportsWindowingSystem Wayland
targetOperatingSystem Linux
usesLibrary Ozone
Ozone-Wayland
usesProtocol Wayland
windowManagementProtocol xdg-shell

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Wayland supportedBy Chromium (Wayland backend)
Chromium (Wayland backend) alternativeTo Chromium (Wayland backend) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chromium (X11 backend)
Chromium (Wayland backend) packageAvailability Chromium (Wayland backend) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: openSUSE (Wayland-enabled Chromium builds)