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CoW is a stacking window manager for Wayland that aims to replicate the look-and-feel of FVWM and MWM while offering modern features like IPC scripting and customizable server-side decorations. It is developed in C and hosted on Codeberg.
WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK 2.54 have been released with a new Skia-based compositor, replacing TextureMapper to modernize graphics rendering, reduce code maintenance, and enable easier feature implementation.
Tess's Android Wayland Compositor (tawc) enables running CLI and graphical Linux programs on Android without root access, featuring hardware acceleration, XWayland support, and Android integrations.
Hyprland 0.55 switches to Lua-based configuration files, introduces user-defined layouts, ICC profile support, and various scrolling and rendering improvements, along with several breaking changes.
Nourish is a free and open-source Wayland compositor for Linux that provides an infinite canvas with zoom and pan capabilities, built with Rust and Vulkan.
Brian Tarricone announces the first preview release of xfwl4, Xfce's Wayland compositor, after six months of work, detailing known missing features and future plans.
A guide on using Fedora Silverblue, an atomic distribution, for developing the niri Wayland compositor, highlighting benefits of immutable systems for system component development.
fht-compositor is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor inspired by dwm and xmonad, offering automatic window layout and keyboard-focused workflow.
A Minecraft mod that implements a fully functional Wayland compositor inside the game, allowing users to run and manage applications within their Minecraft world. Linux only.
wayland.fyi is a minimalist special interest group advocating for simpler Wayland implementations, criticizing the complexity of mainstream libraries like wlroots and promoting lightweight alternatives such as neuswc.
Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that offers extensive customization, eyecandy features, and support for the latest Wayland standards, aiming to be a powerful and independent alternative to other compositors.