Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor
Alexxcon’s Software Development Blog Jan 27,2026 Xfwl4 – The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor We, the Xfce team are excited to share some great news! After careful consideration, we’ve decided on a meaningful way to use the generous donations from our community: funding longtime Xfce core developer Brian Tarricone to create xfwl4, a brand-new Wayland compositor for Xfce. This initiative will utilize a significant portion of the project’s donated funds, but we believe it’s an important investment in Xfce’s future. The goal is, that xfwl4 will offer the same functionality and behavior as xfwm4 does, or as much as possible considering the differences between X11 and Wayland. Using xfwl4 should feel just like using xfwm4 on X11. We even plan to reuse the existing xfwm4…
