Run Wayland-only apps on X11.

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Install way11

You can install way11 in two ways:

• Using LinStore (recommended)
• Manually (see below)

Installing using LinStore

1. Install LinStore using the command in the README
2. Open LinStore
3. Navigate to Tools, then way11
4. Press Install

Installing manually

Install prerequisites (Debian/Ubuntu):

sudo apt update
sudo apt install weston yad wmctrl x11-utils

Then, to download way11, run the commands:

git clone https://github.com/techguy16/way11 ~/way11
chmod +x ~/way11/way11
chmod +x ~/way11/way11-gui

Launching way11

How you launch way11 depends on the installation method.

1. Installed using LinStore
   1. Find way11 in your desktop environment's app menu
   2. Or, click Open in way11's "App Details" page
2. Installed manually
   • To run way11: ~/way11/way11 <wayland app command>
   • To open way11's GUI: ~/way11/way11-gui

FAQ

How does this work?

Weston (a Wayland compositor) can run in a windowed form, which allows us to run apps like they're natively running on X11.

Why did you make this?

There are apps now for Linux that are Wayland-only, and as an (ancient) NVIDIA card user, these apps simply don't work for me.

Tested apps

App name	Works?	Tested on	Issues
Firefox	✅	Pop!_OS 22.04 Debian 13
GNOME Web	⚠️	Pop!_OS 22.04 Debian 13	When resizing, app might crash
Google Chrome	✅	Pop!_OS 22.04 Debian 13
Tor Browser	✅	Pop!_OS 22.04 Debian 13
Waydroid	✅	Pop!_OS 22.04 Debian 13

Settings options

In way11-gui's settings, there are a few options to customise the look of Weston:

• Override all custom app settings - Disable built-in customisations to apps, including Waydroid being full screen automatically
• Open all apps maximised - Start Weston as a maximised window
• Hide all window controls - Hide Weston's titlebar

Screenshots