libdecor ☆

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Description:
Client-side decorations library for Wayland client

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.2.5@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 16, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: wayland library gui graphics c linux

Install: brew install libdecor

About:
libdecor is a library that provides client-side decoration (CSD) functionality for Wayland clients. It allows applications to render window decorations like title bars and borders directly, serving as a fallback when a compositor lacks server-side decoration (SSD) support. This ensures a consistent and functional window management experience across different Wayland environments.

Key Features:

Provides a fallback mechanism for window decorations
Pluggable rendering backends (e.g., Cairo, OpenGL)
Abstracts compositor decoration capabilities
Designed for seamless integration with Wayland clients

Use Cases:

Enabling consistent window borders in Wayland-native applications
Developing toolkits or apps that need to support multiple Wayland compositors
Rendering UI for apps running on compositors without server-side decorations

Alternatives:

Server-Side Decorations (SSD) – Native to many compositors (KWin, Mutter), but not universally available; libdecor provides the client-side alternative.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 16, 2025 11:05am		0	VERSION_BUMP	419bbad0
Nov 21, 2025 10:30pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	773b2268