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Mutter (software)
Mutter
Developer(s)GNOME Project
Initial releaseApril 2011; 14 years ago (2011-04)
Stable release
48.4[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 29 June 2025; 2 months ago (29 June 2025)
Preview release
48.rc[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 4 March 2025; 6 months ago (4 March 2025)
Repositorygitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter
Written inC
Operating systemUnix-like
Size40.2 kB (amd64 .deb package)[3]
Type
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later[4]
Websitemutter.gnome.org

Mutter is a window manager initially designed and implemented for the X Window System, but then evolved to be a display server ("Wayland compositor"). It became the default window manager in GNOME 3, replacing Metacity[5] which used GTK for rendering. "Mutter" is a combination of "Metacity" and "Clutter".

Window management

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Mutter can function as a standalone window manager for GNOME-like desktops, and serves as the primary window manager for the GNOME Shell,[6] which is an integral part of GNOME 3. Mutter is extensible with plug-ins, and supports numerous visual effects. GNOME Shell is written as a plug-in to Mutter.

Release history

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  • Support for HiDPI was added to version 3.13 of Mutter by Adel Gadllah.[7]
  • In version 3.13.2 logind integration replaced mutter-launch.[8]
  • In version 3.13.3 (June 24, 2014) the server side bits of wl_touch_interface were implemented by Carlos Garnacho.[9][10][11][12]

Forks

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Muffin

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Muffin is a fork of Mutter by the Linux Mint team for their Cinnamon desktop environment. Cinnamon's shell, a fork of GNOME Shell, is written as a plugin for Muffin.[13]

References

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  1. ^ https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/releases/48.4. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "48.rc · GNOME / mutter · GitLab". 4 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Debian Mutter Package in sid". Debian Packages.
  4. ^ "COPYING · master · GNOME / mutter". GNOME GitLab. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  5. ^ Vervloesem, Koen (2009-08-04). "Mutter: a window manager for GNOME 3". LWN.net. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  6. ^ Kissling, Kristian (2009-07-08). "Mutter: Window Manager in GNOME's Future". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  7. ^ Adel Gadllah (2014-05-03). "wayland: Add basic hidpi support". Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  8. ^ Florian Müllner (2014-05-27). "mutter 3.13.2". mail.gnome.org.
  9. ^ Carlos Garnacho (2014-06-04). "wayland: Implement the server side bits of wl_touch_interface".
  10. ^ Florian Müllner (2014-06-24). "mutter 3.13.3". ftp-release-list@gnome.org (Mailing list).
  11. ^ "Bug 724442 – Touchscreen does not work". bugzilla.gnome.org.
  12. ^ Florian Müllner (2014-07-23). "mutter 3.13.4". ftp-release-list@gnome.org (Mailing list).
  13. ^ Lefebvre, Clement (23 January 2012). "Cinnamon 1.2 released". cinnamon.linuxmint.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012.

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