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    pop-os/cosmic-comp

    Compositor for the COSMIC desktop environment

    backend
    Rust
    GPL-3.0
    838 stars
    376 forks
    838 GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 31, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    The project lists 127 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a compositor specifically designed for the COSMIC desktop environment to manage graphical rendering and window composition.
    • Offers tight integration and optimized performance tailored for the COSMIC desktop, enhancing visual effects and system responsiveness.
    • Use for developing or customizing the COSMIC desktop environment's graphical interface and window management.
    • Use for integrating a Rust-based compositor into Wayland sessions for improved display server functionality.
    • Use for experimenting with compositor features and debugging graphical issues in a Linux desktop environment using Rust tooling.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    GPL 3.0

    Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

    Community files

    • README: present

    Watch-outs

    • GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
    • No GitHub releases; pin a commit or tag instead of a release.

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    From the README

    Compositor for the COSMIC desktop environment

    This project uses just as a command runner.

    Excerpt from the pop-os/cosmic-comp README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    376+6

    Open issues

    1.0K+23

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