# libwayland

> software library implementing part of wayland protocol

**Wikidata**: [Q112281878](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112281878)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/libwayland

## Summary
libwayland is a software library that implements part of the Wayland protocol, which is used for communication between display servers and their clients in Linux and Unix-like operating systems. It was created by Kristian Høgsberg in 2008 and is distributed as free software under the Expat license.

## Key Facts
- libwayland was created in 2008 by Kristian Høgsberg, a Danish computer scientist and software developer
- The library is distributed under the Expat license (also known as MIT License) since June 9, 2015
- libwayland is available for BSD and Unix-like operating systems
- The latest stable version is 1.16.0, released on August 24, 2018
- libwayland is part of the Wayland project, which became a FreeDesktop.org project in October 2010
- The library is written in C and has multiple package variants including libwayland-client0, libwayland-server, and wayland-scanner
- libwayland's source code is hosted on GitLab at freedesktop.org and has a mirror on GitHub

## FAQs
### Q: What is libwayland used for?
A: libwayland is used as a software library that implements part of the Wayland protocol, enabling communication between display servers and their clients in Linux and Unix-like operating systems.

### Q: Who created libwayland and when?
A: libwayland was created by Kristian Høgsberg, a Danish computer scientist, in 2008.

### Q: What license

## References

1. [Premature publicity is better than no publicity. 2008](https://hoegsberg.blogspot.com/2008/11/premature-publicity-is-better-than-no.html)
2. [Wayland: A New X Server For Linux. 2008](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=xorg_wayland)
3. [Wayland Becomes A FreeDesktop.org Project. 2010](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODczNQ)
4. Free Software Directory
5. [COPYING: Update to MIT Expat License rather than MIT X License](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/-/commit/c4bad43425c32a9b5f1f83987a5ac05c971896ca)
6. [Confusion Mounts Over Wayland's Actual License. 2015](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Wayland-MIT-License-Worries)
7. [The wayland Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page. Open Hub](https://www.openhub.net/p/wayland/analyses/latest/languages_summary)
8. [Wayland Releases](http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases.html)
9. [[ANNOUNCE] wayland 1.11.0](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2016-June/029163.html)
10. [[ANNOUNCE] wayland 1.12.0](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2016-September/031121.html)
11. [Source](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-February/033193.html)
12. [[ANNOUNCE] wayland 1.14.0](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-August/034748.html)
13. [Source](https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/tag/?h=1.14.91)
14. [wayland 1.14.91. 2018](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-February/037237.html)
15. [Source](https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/tag/?h=1.14.92)
16. [wayland 1.14.92. 2018](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-March/037525.html)
17. [[ANNOUNCE] wayland 1.15.0. 2018](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-April/037767.html)
18. [Source](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2018-August/039358.html)
19. [Wayland](https://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases.html)
20. [Source](https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/commit/?h=1.15.94)
21. [Source](https://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases.html)
22. [Source](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2019-March/040335.html)
23. [2019](https://github.com/wayland-project/wayland/releases/tag/1.17.0)
24. [2020](https://github.com/wayland-project/wayland/releases/tag/1.18.0)
25. [wayland 1.18.0. 2020](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2020-February/041207.html)
26. [[ANNOUNCE] wayland 1.19.0](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2021-January/041692.html)
27. [[ANNOUNCE] wayland 1.20.0](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2021-December/042064.html)
28. [[ANNOUNCE] wayland 1.21.0. 2022](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2022-June/042268.html)
29. [[ANNOUNCE] wayland 1.22.0. 2023](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2023-April/042647.html)
30. [[ANNOUNCE] wayland 1.23.0](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2024-May/043636.html)
31. [Source](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2024-August/043760.html)
32. [Source](https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2025-May/044282.html)
33. [Source](https://lore.freedesktop.org/wayland-devel/plU5smxin5VXbiedTGtL7CNHe0t2mHtgQlQ3-xwREmSSNYaClAcZpEBV8L7JvMT8JHwdD_a_uSFkDUaP45CAWyL545iZh5gInAdToX6hgt4=@emersion.fr/T/)
34. [Source](https://guix.gnu.org/en/packages/wayland-1.17.0/)