Welcome to Mir developer documentation

Mir is a next generation display server targeted as a replacement for the X window server system to unlock next-generation user experiences for devices ranging from Linux desktop to mobile and IoT devices powered by Ubuntu.

• If you want to use the Mir snaps, see: Make a Secure Ubuntu Web Kiosk

• If you want to try out the Mir demos on desktop, see: Getting and using Mir

• If you want to get involved in Mir development, see: Getting involved in Mir

Using Mir for server development

Install the headers and libraries for using libmiral in development:

sudo apt install libmiral-dev

A miral.pc file is provided for use with pkg-config or other tools. For example:

pkg-config --cflags miral

The server API is introduced here: Introducing the MirAL API