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+aliases: wayland-client, wayland-compositor, wayland-protocol
+created_by: Kristian Høgsberg
+display_name: Wayland
+logo: wayland.png
+related: wlroots
+released: September 30, 2008
+short_description: Wayland is a replacement for the X11 window system protocol and architecture.
+topic: wayland
+url: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/
+wikipedia_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(protocol)
+---
+Wayland is a communication protocol that specifies the communication between a display server and its clients.
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