Wayland
Wayland
https://wayland.freedesktop.org/
Display server protocol.
Wayland is a communication protocol that specifies the communication between a display server and its clients. A display server using the Wayland protocol is called a Wayland compositor, because it additionally performs the task of a compositing window manager.
The aim of Wayland is replacing the X Window System with a modern, secure, and simpler windowing system. As part of its efforts, the Wayland project also develops a reference implementation of a Wayland compositor called Weston. Major desktops such as KDE and GNOME have implemented their own Wayland compositors.
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Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Simon Ser | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Mailing List | https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel |
| GitLab | Bug Tracking | https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/issues |
| Wikidata | General | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14561 |
| GitLab | VCS Repository Webview | https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland |
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