Cocoa-Way is a native macOS Wayland compositor written in Rust using the Smithay library, enabling seamless Linux app streaming without XQuartz. It features native OpenGL rendering, HiDPI support, and hardware acceleration, though currently suffers from lag in remote connections. The project offers installation via Homebrew or direct binary downloads.
Background
Wayland is a modern display server protocol intended to replace X11, offering better security and performance, while Smithay is a Rust library for building Wayland compositors.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Mar 31, 2026 at 02:11 PM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10