Labwc is a wlroots-based window-stacking compositor for wayland, inspired by openbox.
It is lightweight and independent with a focus on simply stacking windows well and rendering some window decorations.
It takes a no-bling/frills approach and says no to features such as icons (except window buttons), animations, decorative gradients and any other options not required to reasonably render common themes. It relies on clients for panels, screenshots, wallpapers and so on to create a full desktop environment.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/labwc/labwc
Support:
Developer: Johan Malm and others
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
labwc is written in C and Perl. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn Perl with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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