XCB

Original author(s)Bart Massey
Developer(s)Jamey Sharp, Josh Triplett, Bart Massey
Initial release2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Stable release
1.17.0[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 15 April 2024; 6 months ago (15 April 2024)
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemPOSIX
TypeX11 client library
LicenseMIT License
Websitexcb.freedesktop.org
X11-clients use XCB to communicate with the X server.
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XCB (X protocol C-language Binding) is a library implementing the client-side of the X11 display server protocol. XCB is written in the C programming language and distributed under the MIT License. The project was started in 2001 by Bart Massey and aims to replace Xlib.

  1. ^ "libxcb-1.17.0".