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Supreeeme/xwayland-satellite

Xwayland outside your Wayland observed · 2026-09-03

github.com/Supreeeme/xwayland-satellite · Rust · MPL-2.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-09-03

Health v2 · maintenance only

82/100

  • Activity 100
  • Release rhythm 70
  • Longevity 61
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 104.5
  • age_days: 856
  • days_rel: 43
  • days_push: 1
  • n_releases_24m: 7

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1065 stars · 89 forks observed · 2026-09-03

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

xwayland-satellite provides rootless Xwayland integration for any Wayland compositor that implements xdg_wm_base and viewporter, without requiring the compositor to implement Xwayland support itself. It runs as a standalone process that acts as both a Wayland client and a nested compositor for X11 applications.

Use cases

  • run X11 apps on a Wayland compositor without native Xwayland support
  • add rootless Xwayland to a minimal Wayland compositor
  • avoid implementing Xwayland support in my own compositor
  • run legacy X11 applications under Wayland
  • set up Xwayland as a systemd user service
  • handle HiDPI scaling for X11 apps on Wayland

When to choose

  • your Wayland compositor lacks built-in Xwayland support
  • you want rootless X11 window integration without compositor changes
  • you need a standalone, composable Xwayland bridge

When to avoid

  • your compositor already integrates Xwayland natively
  • you need perfect mixed-DPI scaling for all X11 apps
  • you need a full X server for remote or nested X sessions

Facets

application · maturity active

graphics gui middleware desktop-applications operating-systems developer-tools rust wayland x11 xwayland compositor rootless-x11 display-server linux desktop

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Member repositories

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