about
Xlibre is a fork of the Xorg Xserver with lots of code cleanups and enhanced functionality.
This fork was necessary since toxic elements within Xorg projects, moles from BigTech, are boycotting any substantial work on Xorg, in order to destroy the project, to eliminate competition of their own products. Classic "embrace, extend, extinguish" tactics.
Right after journalists first began covering the planned fork Xlibre, on June 6th 2025, Redhat employees started a purge on the Xlibre founder's GitLab account on freedesktop.org: deleted the git repo, tickets, merge requests, etc, and so fired the shot that the whole world heard.
This is an independent project, not at all affiliated with BigTech or any of their subsidiaries or tax evasion tools, nor any political activists groups, state actors, etc. It's explicitly free of any "DEI" or similar discriminatory policies. Anybody who's treating others nicely is welcomed.
It doesn't matter which country you're coming from, your political views, your race, your sex, your age, your food menu, whether you wear boots or heels, whether you're furry or fairy, Conan or McKay, comic character, a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri, or just a boring average person. Anybody who's interested in bringing X forward is welcome.
Together we'll make X great again!
download
The Xlibre project is hosted on GitHub. You can find the source code and follow development there.
If you want to download the latest source snapshot as a compressed archive, a direct zip file is also available.
Precompiled binaries for Xlibre are already available for some distributions. The project is still in its early packaging phase and only some distributions offer it.
However, there are plans and ongoing efforts to integrate Xlibre into major Linux distributions. Here's the current status:
- Ubuntu/Debian: No official packages or PPA available
- Arch: The xlibre-server AUR package is known to cause problems and is NOT supported. Instead these sources should be used. Additionally, a binary repository has recently been added for easier installation.
- Artix: You can install a ready-to-use package from their galaxy-gremlins repository
- Gentoo: An overlay is available at Github
- OpenMandriva: You can find the package in the Cooker (development) repository
- Youtube: DIY self compiling video is available at Youtube
contact
Feel free to join us at our mailing list, it is dedicated to discussions, development, and collaboration around Xlibre.
Whether you're contributing to the core protocol, working on enhancements to the rendering pipeline, or integrating new features for modern desktop environments, this is the place to share your ideas, ask technical questions, and stay updated on project progress.
Developers, testers, and anyone interested in the evolution of Xlibre are encouraged to participate and help shape the future of this open-source initiative.
faq
Q: What is Xlibre?
A: Xlibre is a freshly created fork of the Xorg X11 server, initiated by Enrico Weigelt, aiming to provide a more actively maintained and modernized alternative to the aging X11 system.
Q: Why was it forked?
A: Xorg has been stifled by “toxic elements” and “BigTech moles” blocking significant contributions. A classic “embrace, extend, extinguish” pattern. Xlibre is presented as a pushback to revitalize the codebase.
Q: Who’s behind Xlibre?
A: The fork is led by Enrico Weigelt, previously a prolific contributor to Xorg.
Q: What features or enhancements does Xlibre bring?
A: Code cleanups and modernization aimed at improved maintainability and performance. Support for Xnamespace (greater isolation) and updating nested Xnest to use libxcb.
Q: What about Nvidia compatibility?
A: We keep binary compatibility to proprietary Nvidia driver (Ver. 570 and newer).
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