--- title: "Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly" url: https://daily.dev/posts/frame-a-new-x11-server-implemented-directly-in-assembly-kw0m24ezc source_url: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/07/14/frame-a-new-x11-server-implemented-directly-in-assembly/5270498 type: article source: "The Register" published: 2026-08-06T10:37:21.080Z updated: 2026-08-06T10:42:13.478Z tags: ["linux", "assembly"] reading_time: 7 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A roundup of new X11 server projects emerging in the Linux FOSS world. The headline entry is Frame, a new X11 server written entirely in x86-64 assembly by Norwegian developer Geir Isene, part of his broader CHasm stack of dependency-free tools. A second new server, yserver, is written in Rust. Both were built with significant LLM assistance (Claude, Codex, Copilot), raising questions about authorship. A third server, Phoenix, is written in Zig and remains active. The XLibre fork of X.org has 27 releases and broad distro support. The piece also highlights Arcan, a decade-old ambitious rethink of the entire Unix display stack with its own protocol, desktop environments, X11 and Wayland compatibility layers, and remote 3D acceleration — all hand-coded without AI assistance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#assembly](https://daily.dev/tags/assembly) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/frame-a-new-x11-server-implemented-directly-in-assembly-kw0m24ezc)