Compositors built with Mir

Here is a list of active projects that are using Mir:

Compositor

Description

Miriway

A minimal desktop shell

Lomiri

The shell used by Ubuntu Touch, aspires to be “convergent”: that is work across various form factors (including desktop)

Ubuntu Frame

Runs an app (or apps) fullscreen, intended for embedded/IoT use

Miracle

A tiling window manager much like i3/sway

lomiri-system-compositor

Owns the display and input hardware and supports a nested shell with fewer permissions

miral-kiosk

Runs an app (or apps) maximized

miral-shell

Options for “floating” or “tiling” window management and a limited “desktop” experience with workspaces and a keyboard shortcut for launching a terminal

mir_demo_server

“floating” window management, enables by default all the Wayland extensions Mir supports

mir_x11_kiosk

Minimal compositor to support fullscreen X11 applications

miral-system-compositor

Owns the display and input hardware and supports a nested shell with fewer permissions