Mutter (software)
Developer(s) | The GNOME Project |
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Initial release | April 2011 |
Stable release | |
Repository | gitlab |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Unix-like |
Size | 40.2 kB (amd64 .deb package) |
Type | |
License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
Website | download |
Mutter is a window manager initially designed and implemented for the X Window System, but then evolved to be a Wayland compositor. It became the default window manager in GNOME 3, replacing Metacity which used GTK for rendering.
Window management
Mutter uses a graphics library called Clutter giving it OpenGL capability. Mutter is a portmanteau of Metacity and Clutter. Mutter can function as a standalone window manager for GNOME-like desktops, and serves as the primary window manager for the GNOME Shell, which is an integral part of GNOME 3. Mutter is extensible with plug-ins, and supports numerous visual effects. GNOME Shell is written as a plug-in to Mutter.
Release history
Support for HiDPI was added to version 3.13 of Mutter by Adel Gadllah.
In version 3.13.2 logind integration replaced mutter-launch.
In version 3.13.3 (June 24, 2014) the server side bits of wl_touch_interface
were implemented by Carlos Garnacho.
Forks
Muffin
Muffin is a fork of Mutter by the Linux Mint team for their Cinnamon desktop environment. Cinnamon's shell, a fork of GNOME Shell, is written as a plugin for Muffin.