hosted on freedesktop.org

E284598
display server protocol free and open-source software project

Hosted on freedesktop.org, Wayland is a modern display server protocol designed to replace the X Window System on Unix-like operating systems.

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Label Occurrences
X.Org code repositories 1
hosted on freedesktop.org canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf display server protocol ⓘ
free and open-source software project ⓘ
architecture protocol plus compositor implementation ⓘ
category Linux windowing system ⓘ
display protocols ⓘ
compatibleWith DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) ⓘ
EGL ⓘ
Mesa 3D ⓘ
designedTo replace the X Window System ⓘ
developedInLanguage C ⓘ
documentationHostedOn Freedesktop.org standards ⓘ
surface form: freedesktop.org
firstReleased 2012 ⓘ
goal improve security compared to X11 ⓘ
provide smoother graphics ⓘ
simplify the graphics stack ⓘ
hasComponent wayland-client library ⓘ
wayland-protocols collection ⓘ
wayland-server library ⓘ
hostedOn Freedesktop.org standards ⓘ
surface form: freedesktop.org
license MIT License ⓘ
surface form: MIT license
maintainedBy Wayland ⓘ
surface form: Wayland project
operatingSystemFamily Unix-like operating systems ⓘ
partOf freedesktop.org ecosystem ⓘ
protocolType windowing system protocol ⓘ
referenceCompositor Weston ⓘ
relatedTo Wayland ⓘ
surface form: Wayland compositors

X.Org Server ⓘ
replaces X11 ⓘ
surface form: X Window System

X11 ⓘ
sourceCodeRepository https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland ⓘ
standardizedBy Wayland ⓘ
surface form: Wayland project
supports BSD operating systems ⓘ
HiDPI displays ⓘ
Linux ⓘ
compositing window managers ⓘ
fractional scaling (via extensions) ⓘ
hardware-accelerated rendering ⓘ
input handling ⓘ
keyboard input ⓘ
multi-monitor setups ⓘ
pointer input ⓘ
tablet input ⓘ
touch input ⓘ
usedBy GNOME desktop environment ⓘ
surface form: GNOME

KDE Plasma desktop environment ⓘ
surface form: KDE Plasma

Sway ⓘ
Weston ⓘ
uses client–server model ⓘ
compositor as display server ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wayland → standardization → hosted on freedesktop.org ⓘ
X.Org Foundation → hasComponent → hosted on freedesktop.org ⓘ
this entity surface form: X.Org code repositories