# rcalixte/awesome-wayland

A curated list of Wayland resources

Repository: https://github.com/rcalixte/awesome-wayland
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rcalixte-awesome-wayland
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: awesome, awesome-list, linux, linux-desktop, wayland, wayland-compositor, wayland-protocol, awesome-wayland, compositor, wlroots
Last push: 2026-08-22T19:45:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 69
- inputs: {"age_days": 975, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1559, forks 64 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:03.512122+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of Wayland ecosystem resources including compositors, libraries, bindings, and desktop tools. It is a hard fork of the archived natpen/awesome-wayland repository, focused on projects designed specifically for Wayland.

## Use cases
- find a Wayland compositor to use on Linux
- discover libraries and bindings for Wayland development
- find Wayland-native screenshot and screencast tools
- look up Wayland-compatible launchers and notification daemons
- explore the Wayland ecosystem before switching from X11

## When to choose
- you want a curated, maintained index of Wayland-native projects
- you are building a Wayland client or compositor and need libraries or bindings
- you are migrating a Linux desktop setup to Wayland and need tool recommendations

## When to avoid
- you need a list of existing applications that merely support Wayland rather than being built for it
- you need official documentation or tutorials rather than a link collection

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, desktop-applications, awesome-lists, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: awesome-list, wayland, curated-list, compositors, window-managers, linux

## Member repositories
- rcalixte/awesome-wayland (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.512122+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:29:51.726724+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rcalixte/awesome-wayland (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.512122+00:00, sha 0f59cfc5ab98)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.