--- title: Xfwl4 Being Developed As New Wayland Compositor For Xfce description: Xfce developers are funding a core developer to build Xfwl4, a new Wayland compositor for the Xfce desktop environment. The project is being financed through... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xfwl4-being-developed-as-new-wayland-compositor-for-xfce-nzd6zwc5w twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Xfwl4 Being Developed As New Wayland Compositor For Xfce | daily.dev og:description: Xfce developers are funding a core developer to build Xfwl4, a new Wayland compositor for the Xfce desktop environment. The project is being financed through... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xfwl4-being-developed-as-new-wayland-compositor-for-xfce-nzd6zwc5w og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NZd6Zwc5w.png og:image:alt: Xfwl4 Being Developed As New Wayland Compositor For Xfce 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. # Xfwl4 Being Developed As New Wayland Compositor For Xfce **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Xfce developers are funding a core developer to build Xfwl4, a new Wayland compositor for the Xfce desktop environment. The project is being financed through community donations, marking a significant step toward Wayland support for Xfce users. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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