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Niri 25.02 & Labwc 0.8.3 Wayland Compositors Released

Written by Michael Larabel in Wayland on 22 February 2025 at 06:41 AM EST. 5 Comments
The Niri and Labwc Wayland compositor projects are both out with new releases this weekend to further their efforts.

Labwc as the Wayland window-stacking compositor is up to version 0.8.3. The new Labwc release adds support for the ext-workspace protocol as well as menu enhancements that include icons and dynamic root menus. Labwc 0.8.3 also brings new configuration options, a "WarpCursor" action, and many bug fixes.

Downloads and more details on Labwc 0.8.3 via GitHub.

Also now available is Niri 25.02 as the newest release for this scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor. Niri adds support for columns presenting windows as tabs rather than vertically stacked tiles, new actions to help navigate tabs, the ability to draw shadows behind windows, drag-and-drop view scrolling, and many other improvements.

👁 Niri 25.02


Niri 25.02 is quite a packed feature update and more details on it can be found via its GitHub repository.

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