Mir documentation

Mir is a compositor library designed to operate across a variety of Linux-based devices, including traditional desktops, IoT and embedded systems.

Mir is a modern way to build Wayland compositors, providing a well-defined, efficient, flexible and secure platform for graphical environments that makes it an ideal choice for both device manufacturers and desktop users.

In this documentation

These pages cover the key aspects of developing a compositor using Mir

Tutorials

Start here

How-to guides

Key operations and common tasks

Reference

Technical information - specifications, APIs, architecture

Explanation

Discussion and clarification of key topics

Project and community

Mir is a member of the Ubuntu family. It’s an open source project that warmly welcomes community projects, contributions, suggestions, fixes and constructive feedback.