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libx11-compat Is Working To Implement Xlib Atop SDL For Wayland, macOS, Android

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 22 July 2026

For helping to keep X11 clients running in a modern Linux desktop world with Wayland or even for running on macOS or Android, there is now yet-another option being developed with libx11-compat. The libx11-compat project is working to re-implement the Xlib client library atop SDL2/SDL3 interfaces for allow broad underlying platform coverage...