XWayland
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XWayland is a compatibility layer that allows traditional X11 applications to run seamlessly within Wayland-based display servers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| XWayland canonical | 3 |
| X11 (via Xwayland) | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
X.Org Server variant
ⓘ
compatibility layer ⓘ display server component ⓘ |
| basedOn | X.Org Server NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
compatibility technology
ⓘ
display server technology ⓘ |
| componentOf | freedesktop.org ecosystem ⓘ |
| developer | X.Org Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enables |
legacy X11 applications on Wayland desktops
ⓘ
mixed X11 and Wayland application environments ⓘ |
| handles |
X11 input events under Wayland
ⓘ
X11 rendering under Wayland ⓘ X11 window management under Wayland ⓘ |
| homepage | https://www.x.org/wiki/Xwayland/ ⓘ |
| implements |
Wayland protocol extensions
ⓘ
X11 protocol ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
GNOME
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
KDE Plasma NERFINISHED ⓘ Sway NERFINISHED ⓘ Weston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedFor | transition from X11 to Wayland ⓘ |
| license | MIT License ⓘ |
| maintainer | X.Org community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| partOf | modern Linux desktop stacks ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| purpose | run X11 applications on Wayland ⓘ |
| repository | https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver ⓘ |
| requires |
X11 client libraries
ⓘ
running Wayland compositor ⓘ |
| role | bridge between X11 clients and Wayland compositors ⓘ |
| runsOn | Wayland display server ⓘ |
| softwareModel | open-source software ⓘ |
| status | actively maintained ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
XRandR emulation on Wayland
ⓘ
clipboard integration between X11 and Wayland ⓘ drag-and-drop integration between X11 and Wayland ⓘ per-window scaling (in some compositors) ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol | X11 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | most Wayland-based Linux distributions ⓘ |
| uses |
Wayland compositor for compositing
ⓘ
hardware-accelerated rendering when available ⓘ shared memory buffers ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
X11 (via Xwayland)