--- title: Hyprland 0.56 Released With Many Enhancements To This... description: Hyprland 0.56 has been released, bringing nearly three months of improvements to this Wayland compositor. Key additions include layout improvements with new... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hyprland-0-56-released-with-many-enhancements-to-this-wayland-compositor-h0fwhsefb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hyprland 0.56 Released With Many Enhancements To This Wayland Compositor | daily.dev og:description: Hyprland 0.56 has been released, bringing nearly three months of improvements to this Wayland compositor. Key additions include layout improvements with new... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hyprland-0-56-released-with-many-enhancements-to-this-wayland-compositor-h0fwhsefb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/H0fwHSEfB.png og:image:alt: Hyprland 0.56 Released With Many Enhancements To This Wayland Compositor og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # Hyprland 0.56 Released With Many Enhancements To This Wayland Compositor **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 7 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Hyprland 0.56 has been released, bringing nearly three months of improvements to this Wayland compositor. Key additions include layout improvements with new scrolling and master capabilities, new Lua API additions for further customization, new window rule effects, XDG interactive drag support for client-side decoration titlebars, and gradient support for glow effects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new features are included in Hyprland 0.56? Hyprland 0.56 adds new scrolling and master layout capabilities, additional Lua API hooks for further customization, new window rule effects, XDG interactive drag support for dragging client-side decoration titlebars, and gradient support for the glow effect. It represents about three months of accumulated development work since the prior release. _Track new Hyprland releases like this on daily.dev before rolling out a compositor update._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Hyprland 0.54 Released As A "Massive" Update To This Wayland Compositor](https://daily.dev/posts/hyprland-0-54-released-as-a-massive-update-to-this-wayland-compositor-1uykwzfim) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hyprland 0.55 is here and you don't want to miss it\!](https://daily.dev/posts/hyprland-0-55-is-here-and-you-don-t-want-to-miss-it--cdocvdosv) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hyprland 0.52 Released With New Features For This Wayland Compositor](https://daily.dev/posts/hyprland-0-52-released-with-new-features-for-this-wayland-compositor-kltotjiko) · Phoronix · 48 upvotes · 2 comments - [Hyprland 0.55 Released With Lua-Based Configuration, User-Defined Layouts](https://daily.dev/posts/hyprland-0-55-released-with-lua-based-configuration-user-defined-layouts-w9ekzjxom) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux desktops have been stuck in old habits, and Hyprland breaks that pattern](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-desktops-have-been-stuck-in-old-habits-and-hyprland-breaks-that-pattern-pu5qmnffs) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#lua](https://daily.dev/tags/lua), [#window-manager](https://daily.dev/tags/window-manager) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/hyprland-0-56-released-with-many-enhancements-to-this-wayland-compositor-h0fwhsefb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Hyprland 0.56 Released With Many Enhancements To This Wayland Compositor","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/hyprland-0-56-released-with-many-enhancements-to-this-wayland-compositor-h0fwhsefb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hyprland-0-56-released-with-many-enhancements-to-this-wayland-compositor-h0fwhsefb"},"datePublished":"2026-07-20T10:20:12.027Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:38:45.537Z","description":"Hyprland 0.56 has been released, bringing nearly three months of improvements to this Wayland compositor. 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