# Kwin\_x11 and kwin\_wayland split

**URL:** <https://discuss.kde.org/t/kwin-x11-and-kwin-wayland-split/31460>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** x11, wayland\
**Created:** [March 13, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kwin-x11-and-kwin-wayland-split/31460 "2025-03-13T22:13:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Duha](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/duha/32/32926_2.png) [@Duha](https://discuss.kde.org/u/Duha)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kwin-x11-and-kwin-wayland-split/31460/1 "2025-03-13T22:13:59Z")

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> **[kwin\_x11 and kwin\_wayland split](https://blog.vladzahorodnii.com/2025/03/13/kwin_x11-and-kwin_wayland-split/)**
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> One of the biggest behind-the-scenes changes in the upcoming Plasma 6.4 release is the split of kwin\_x11 and kwin\_wayland codebases. With this blog post, I would like to delve in what led us to mak…