qtwayland ☆

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Description:
Wayland platform plugin and QtWaylandCompositor API

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: qt wayland compositor gui linux

Install: brew install qtwayland

About:
QtWayland provides the Wayland platform plugin for Qt applications, enabling them to run natively on Wayland compositors. It also includes the QtWaylandCompositor API, which allows developers to build custom Wayland compositors using the Qt framework. This package is essential for integrating Qt-based graphical applications into modern Linux desktop environments.

Key Features:

Implements the Qt platform plugin for Wayland
Provides the QtWaylandCompositor API for building compositors
Enables hardware-accelerated graphics rendering
Supports standard Wayland protocols

Use Cases:

Running Qt applications on Wayland desktop sessions
Developing custom display servers or compositors for embedded devices
Porting existing Qt applications from X11 to Wayland

Alternatives:

QtX11Extras – Provides X11-specific support for older desktop environments, whereas QtWayland targets modern Wayland-based systems.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 9, 2025 11:32pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	22be930f