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17 projects43.0k total stars7.7k total forks7 languages

Open-source projects built with Wayland

There are currently 17 open-source projects built with Wayland, with a combined total of 43.0k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is C.

Showing 17 open-source projects

glfw
glfwglfw/glfw

A multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, and Vulkan development, providing window creation, input handling, and context management.

15.2k5.9kC
4 days ago
MangoHud
MangoHudflightlessmango/MangoHud

A Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load, and other performance metrics on Linux.

8.9k412C
18 hours ago
Gamescope
GamescopeValveSoftware/gamescope

A micro-compositor window manager for games that reduces latency and provides resolution scaling, originally developed for SteamOS.

4.9k389C++
1 day ago
FLTK
FLTKfltk/fltk

A cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit for UNIX/Linux, Windows, and macOS with modern functionality and minimal bloat.

2.2k340C++
2 days ago
cage
cageHjdskes/cage

A Wayland kiosk that runs a single, maximized application in a secure, full-screen environment.

2.0k133C
4 days ago
fltk-rs
fltk-rsfltk-rs/fltk-rs

Rust bindings for the FLTK GUI library, enabling cross-platform, lightweight, and fast desktop applications.

1.8k118Rust
2 months ago
RGFW
RGFWColleagueRiley/RGFW

A cross-platform, single-header C windowing library for creating windows and graphics contexts with minimal dependencies.

1.8k84C
10 days ago
MiniFB
MiniFBemoon/minifb

A small cross-platform C library for creating windows and rendering 32-bit pixel buffers.

1.3k104C
3 days ago
hyprwhspr
hyprwhsprgoodroot/hyprwhspr

A fast, accurate, and private native speech-to-text tool for Linux, offering system-wide dictation with local or cloud backends.

1.1k85Python
2 days ago
SurrealEngine
SurrealEnginedpjudas/SurrealEngine

A reimplementation of Unreal Engine 1 focused on making Unreal (Gold) and Unreal Tournament (UT99) playable on modern systems.

1.1k42C++
1 day ago
hyprmarker
hyprmarkerdevmobasa/hyprmarker

A ZoomIt-like real-time screen annotation tool for Linux/Wayland, enabling live drawing, zoom, and presentation features.

65519Rust
1 day ago
wayscriber
wayscriberdevmobasa/wayscriber

A ZoomIt-like real-time screen annotation tool for Linux/Wayland, written in Rust, offering drawing, zoom, and screenshot capture.

65519Rust
1 day ago
Clipboard
Clipboardjanlelis/clipboard

A Ruby gem providing cross-platform clipboard access (copy/paste/clear) for Linux, macOS, Windows, Java, and more.

38334Ruby
7 months ago
KWin-lowlatency
KWin-lowlatencytildearrow/kwin-lowlatency

A patched version of KWin for KDE Plasma that reduces latency and stuttering, primarily through X11 full-screen unredirection.

3627C++
3 years ago
gogpu
gogpugogpu/gogpu

A pure Go GPU computing framework for graphics and compute operations with dual backends and zero CGO.

34314Go
4 days ago
Okimarchy
Okimarchycristian-fleischer/okimarchy

An Arch Linux fork offering a choice between Hyprland and Niri window managers with consistent theming and unified keybindings.

1177Shell
8 months ago
armarchy
armarchynilszeilon/armarchy

A single-command setup that transforms fresh Arch Linux into a fully-configured Hyprland-based web development environment.

484Shell
10 months ago
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