Project Summary
Wayland is a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a C library implementation of that protocol. The compositor can be a standalone display server running on Linux kernel modesetting and evdev input devices, an X application, or a wayland client itself. The clients can be traditional applications, X servers (rootless or fullscreen) or other display servers.
Weston is the open-source reference implementation of Wayland. Check Weston project here:
https://www.ohloh.net/p/weston
In a Nutshell, Wayland...
- ...
- ...
-
...
has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
with stable Y-O-Y commits -
...
took an estimated 50 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in January, 2001
ending with its most recent commit 3 days ago
MIT License
Permitted
Commercial Use
Modify
Distribute
Sub-License
Private Use
Forbidden
Hold Liable
Required
Include Copyright
Include License
These details are provided for information only. No information here is legal advice and should not be used as such.
Project Security
Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )
There are no reported vulnerabilities
Project Vulnerability Report
Security Confidence Index
Vulnerability Exposure Index
Did You Know...
-
...
55% of companies leverage OSS for production infrastructure
-
...
learn about Open Hub updates and features on the Open Hub blog
-
...
nearly 1 in 3 companies have no process for identifying, tracking, or remediating known open source vulnerabilities
-
...
check out hot projects on the Open Hub
30 Day SummaryJan 22 2025 — Feb 21 2025
|
12 Month SummaryFeb 21 2024 — Feb 21 2025
|
