wayland ☆

« Back to VersTracker

Description:
Protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.24.0@0 | Tracked Since: Nov 5, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: wayland display-server compositor linux graphics

Install: brew install wayland

About:
Wayland is a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients and for clients to communicate with each other. It is designed as a simpler and more secure replacement for the X Window System, enabling direct rendering and reducing input latency. This package provides the core libraries and utilities needed to implement and interact with the Wayland protocol.

Key Features:

Simplified architecture compared to X11
Asynchronous communication protocol
Secure client-compositor interactions
Support for modern graphics stacks

Use Cases:

Building modern Linux display servers
Developing compositors for window managers
Enabling direct rendering for lower latency

Alternatives:

Xorg – The legacy X Window System; more complex and less secure but has broader legacy compatibility.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Nov 5, 2025 6:44am		1	VERSION_BUMP	660b6cc2
Nov 5, 2025 6:44am		1	VERSION_BUMP	99e71b7e