--- title: Waylandcraft: a working Wayland compositor mod for Minecraft description: A developer named EVVIE has created Waylandcraft, a Minecraft Java Edition mod that embeds a fully functional Wayland compositor inside the game. Running on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/waylandcraft-a-working-wayland-compositor-mod-for-minecraft-9xjzotjo4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Waylandcraft: a working Wayland compositor mod for Minecraft | daily.dev og:description: A developer named EVVIE has created Waylandcraft, a Minecraft Java Edition mod that embeds a fully functional Wayland compositor inside the game. Running on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/waylandcraft-a-working-wayland-compositor-mod-for-minecraft-9xjzotjo4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9XJzotjO4.png og:image:alt: Waylandcraft: a working Wayland compositor mod for Minecraft 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. # Waylandcraft: a working Wayland compositor mod for Minecraft **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 1 min read · 8 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary A developer named EVVIE has created Waylandcraft, a Minecraft Java Edition mod that embeds a fully functional Wayland compositor inside the game. Running on Linux with the Fabric mod loader, it lets users open real application windows — terminals, video players, even other games — directly within the Minecraft world at any orientation. Features include launching arbitrary programs, window management, drag-and-drop between windows, and HUD-pinned video playback. It requires Minecraft 26.1.2, Fabric, xkbcommon 1.11.0, and xkbcli. Windows are local-only and not visible to other server players. The project is GPL-licensed and was built without AI assistance. ## Content A developer named EVVIE has built [Waylandcraft](https://github.com), a Minecraft Java Edition mod that runs a fully functional Wayland compositor inside the game. On Linux with the Fabric mod loader, you can open real application windows — terminals, video players, games like Osu — directly inside your Minecraft world, positioned at any orientation you like. The feature set is surprisingly complete. You can launch arbitrary programs, manage windows, drag and drop data between them, and pin a video player to your HUD. It's not a gimmick demo — it actually works. A few caveats worth knowing: - **Linux only.** macOS and Windows are not supported. - **Local only.** Windows are visible only to you; other players on the same server can't see them. - **Dependencies:** Minecraft 26.1.2, Fabric, xkbcommon 1.11.0, and xkbcli. The project is released under the GPL and was built without AI assistance, which EVVIE noted explicitly. It's one of those things that probably shouldn't exist but clearly does — and works well enough that people are actually using it. ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@jepudev2** · 0 upvotes > is the github repo down? **@jesse\_sadowy** · 0 upvotes > I think there is wrong link to the repo, it is this one: [https://github.com/EVV1E/waylandcraft](https://github.com/EVV1E/waylandcraft) --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/waylandcraft-a-working-wayland-compositor-mod-for-minecraft-9xjzotjo4) ```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":"Waylandcraft: a working Wayland compositor mod for Minecraft","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/waylandcraft-a-working-wayland-compositor-mod-for-minecraft-9xjzotjo4","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/waylandcraft-a-working-wayland-compositor-mod-for-minecraft-9xjzotjo4"},"datePublished":"2026-05-22T04:47:51.102Z","dateModified":"2026-05-23T00:00:32.291Z","description":"A developer named EVVIE has created Waylandcraft, a Minecraft Java Edition mod that embeds a fully functional Wayland compositor inside the game. 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