Compiz

Compiz
Developer(s)David Reveman, Sam Spilsbury, Danny Baumann, Dennis Kasprzyk, Daniel van Vugt
Initial release2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Stable release
0.9.14.2[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 22 August 2022
Repository
Written inC, C++, Python
Operating systemUnix-like with X11
TypeX window manager
LicenseGPL, core: MIT license
Websitelaunchpad.net/compiz

Compiz (/kɒmpɪz/) is a compositing window manager for the X Window System, using 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management. Effects, such as a minimization animation or a cube workspace, are implemented as loadable plugins. Because it conforms to the ICCCM conventions, Compiz can be used as a substitute for the default Mutter or Metacity, when using GNOME Panel, or KWin in KDE Plasma Workspaces. Internally Compiz uses the OpenGL library as the interface to the graphics hardware.

  1. ^ "Compiz 0.9.14.2 released". August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.