# Supreeeme/xwayland-satellite

Xwayland outside your Wayland

Repository: https://github.com/Supreeeme/xwayland-satellite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xwayland-satellite
Language: Rust
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: wayland, x11, xwayland
Last push: 2026-09-02T01:06:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 70, longevity 61
- inputs: {"age_days": 856, "days_push": 1, "days_rel": 43, "gap_med": 104.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1065, forks 89 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:08.266569+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, gui, middleware
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: rust
- tags: wayland, x11, xwayland, compositor, rootless-x11, display-server, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- Supreeeme/xwayland-satellite (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:08.266569+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 2026-08-30T06:58:44.804683+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Supreeeme/xwayland-satellite (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:08.266569+00:00, sha 905b03d93874)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.