Smithay
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
2warn against
Dec 24, 2025first mention
Mar 22, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“which is a good thing IMHO”
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“smart design from folks working on Smithay”
“smithay has great documentation.”
“Or Smithay if you like Rust.”
Caveats and dissent
“I wish Smithay was actually in Rust and not a wrapper for the C libraries”
“The compositor memory leak is affecting a lot of people”
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All comments 8
“That and studying smithay code.”
“I wish Smithay was actually in Rust and not a wrapper for the C libraries”
“which is a good thing IMHO”
“smart design from folks working on Smithay”
“smithay has great documentation.”
“The compositor memory leak is affecting a lot of people”
https://github.com/CuarzoSoftware/Louvre
“Or Smithay if you like Rust.”