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.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
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.TH weston.ini 5 "2025-07-29" "Weston @version@"
.TH weston.ini 5 "2026-01-30" "Weston @version@"
.\"---------------------------------------------------------------------
.SH NAME
weston.ini \- configuration file for
.B Weston
\- the reference Wayland
\- Wayland
compositor
.\"---------------------------------------------------------------------
.SH INTRODUCTION

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.TH WESTON 1 "2019-03-23" "Weston @version@"
.TH WESTON 1 "2026-01-30" "Weston @version@"
.SH NAME
weston \- the reference Wayland server
weston \- Wayland compositor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B weston
.
.\" ***************************************************************
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B weston
is the reference implementation of a Wayland server. A Wayland server is a
display server, a window manager, and a compositor all in one. Weston has
several backends as loadable modules: it can run on Linux KMS (kernel
modesetting via DRM), as an X client, or inside another Wayland server
is a Wayland compositor designed for correctness, reliability, predictability,
and performance.
A Wayland server is a display server, a window manager, and a compositor all in
one. Weston has several backends as loadable modules: it can run on Linux KMS
(kernel modesetting via DRM), as an X client, or inside another Wayland server
instance.
Out of the box, Weston provides a very basic desktop, or a full-featured
environment for non-desktop uses such as automotive, embedded, in-flight,
industrial, kiosks, set-top boxes and TVs.
Weston supports fundamentally different graphical user interface paradigms via
shell plugins. Two plugins are provided: the desktop shell, and the kiosk
shell.
shell plugins. Three plugins are provided: the desktop shell, and the kiosk
shell and the lua shell.
It also provides a library called [libweston](#libweston) which allows
users to build their own custom full-featured environments on top of
Weston's core.
Weston also supports X clients via
.BR Xwayland ", see below."