Wayland (protocol)

Screenshot of Wayland's example compositor known as Weston

Wayland is a communication protocol that manages and controls visual elements which are part of a graphical user interface.[1] It tries to replace the X Window System with a more secure and simple window system for Linux and other systems.[2][3][4][5]

Wayland is made in C and its code uses the MIT license, an open-source permissive software license.

Display servers that use Wayland are called Wayland compositors because they also do the job of a compositing window manager. The Wayland project has an example Wayland compositor named Weston.

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References

  1. ↑ "Wayland". Wayland project. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Sengar, Shivam Singh (16 June 2018). "Wayland v/s Xorg : How Are They Similar & How Are They Different". secjuice. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Kerrisk, Michael (25 September 2012). "XDC2012: Graphics stack security". LWN.net. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Peres, Martin (21 February 2014). "Wayland Compositors - Why and How to Handle Privileged Clients! (Updated on the 2014/02/21)". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Graesslin, Martin (7 February 2013). "Client Side Window Decorations and Wayland". Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2026.


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