# Smithay/wayland-rs

Rust implementation of the wayland protocol (client and server).

Repository: https://github.com/Smithay/wayland-rs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wayland-rs
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: wayland, rust
Last push: 2026-08-25T21:16:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4156, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1418, forks 173 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:40.047140+00:00)

## What it is
A set of Rust crates implementing the Wayland display protocol for both client and server sides, including bindings to official protocol extensions. It offers a pure-Rust protocol backend as well as FFI bindings to the system Wayland libraries.

## Use cases
- build a wayland compositor in rust
- create a native wayland client application
- integrate opengl rendering with wayland
- implement a custom wayland protocol extension
- load system cursor themes in a wayland app

## When to choose
- you are writing Rust software that speaks the Wayland protocol, client or server side
- you need a pure-Rust Wayland implementation without linking C libraries
- you want bindings to official Wayland protocol extensions

## When to avoid
- you are targeting X11 or Windows/macOS display systems
- you need a ready-made GUI toolkit rather than protocol bindings
- you work in a language other than Rust

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, sdk, parser
- domain: graphics, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: rust
- tags: wayland, display-protocol, windowing, client-server, ffi, linux

## Member repositories
- Smithay/wayland-rs (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.047140+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 2026-08-30T04:37:55.890662+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Smithay/wayland-rs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.047140+00:00, sha fedc8fc1b7f7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.