mutter

GNOME window manager

TLDR

Start Mutter

$ mutter

Replace running window manager

$ mutter --replace

Run in wayland mode

$ mutter --wayland

Run in nested mode

$ mutter --nested

Display version

$ mutter --version

SYNOPSIS

mutter [options]

DESCRIPTION

mutter is the GNOME window manager. It handles window management and compositing.The tool supports both X11 and Wayland. Core component of GNOME Shell.

PARAMETERS

--replace

Replace running window manager.

--wayland

Run as Wayland compositor.

--nested

Run nested in another session.

--version

Show version information.

--help

Display help information.

INSTALL

sudo apt install mutter

sudo dnf install mutter

sudo pacman -S mutter

sudo apk add mutter

sudo zypper install mutter

nix profile install nixpkgs#mutter

CAVEATS

GNOME specific. Requires GPU compositing. Usually run via GNOME Shell.

HISTORY

Mutter is derived from Metacity and became the standard GNOME window manager with GNOME 3.