Quartz Compositor

Not to be confused with Quartz Composer.
Quartz Compositor
Operating systemmacOS
Type
LicenseProprietary software under EULA
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20150322043623/https://developer.apple.com/technologies/mac/graphics-and-animation.html
macOS
graphics model
Rendering
Compositing

Quartz Compositor is the display server (and at the same time the compositing window manager) in macOS. It is responsible for presenting and maintaining rasterized, rendered graphics from the rest of the Core Graphics framework and other renderers in the Quartz technologies family.[1]

  1. ^ Russell, Matthew (October 11, 2005). "What Is Quartz (or Why Can't Windows Do That)". O'Reilly Mac DevCenter. O'Reilly Media. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 17 November 2011.