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KWin

KWin is a Wayland compositor and was an X window manager. It is released as a part of KDE Plasma, for which it is the default window manager. KWin can also be used on its own or with other desktop environments.

Art, Look and feel & Compositing

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Developers
KDE (Martin Grässlin, et al.)
License
GNU General Public License
Operating system
Linux, BSD
Repository
invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin
Stable release
6.4.3 / 15 July 2025; 13 months ago (15 July 2025)
Type
Wayland compositor · X window manager

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Look and feel

Compositing

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KWin

Nodes15
Edges14
Triples16
Avg. degree1.87
Density0.133333
Components1

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KWin

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related to Look and feel · 5
KWin → Breeze, Keramik, Microsoft Windows-like Redmond, Oxygen, There
Type · 2
KWin → Wayland compositor, X window manager
Developers · 1
KWin → KDE (Martin Grässlin, et al.)
License · 1
KWin → GNU General Public License
Operating system · 1
KWin → Linux, BSD
Repository · 1
KWin → invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin
Stable release · 1
KWin → 6.4.3 / 15 July 2025; 13 months ago (15 July 2025)
Website · 1
KWin → invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin
Written in · 1
KWin → C++ (Qt)
is a · 1
KWin → Wayland compositor and was an X window manager

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window manager kde compositor also wayland plasma default desktop compositing effects release qml qtscript ecmascript decorations microsoft released part used

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
KWinDevelopersKDE (Martin Grässlin, et al.)1.00infobox
KWinLicenseGNU General Public License1.00infobox
KWinOperating systemLinux, BSD1.00infobox
KWinRepositoryinvent.kde.org/plasma/kwin1.00infobox
KWinStable release6.4.3 / 15 July 2025; 13 months ago (15 July 2025)1.00infobox
KWinTypeWayland compositor1.00infobox
KWinTypeX window manager1.00infobox
KWinWebsiteinvent.kde.org/plasma/kwin1.00infobox
KWinWritten inC++ (Qt)1.00infobox
KWinis aWayland compositor and was an X window manager0.90text
KWinrelated to External linksKDE40.60section
KWinrelated to Look and feelThere0.60section

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