Mutter (software)

Mutter
Developer(s)GNOME Project
Initial releaseApril 2011 (2011-04)
Stable release
47.6[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 5 March 2025 (5 March 2025)
Preview release
48.rc[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 4 March 2025 (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 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".

  1. ^ "47.6 · GNOME / mutter · GitLab". 5 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  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.

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