You think you've seen it all and then there's a Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand - 18 May 2026 at 9:33 am UTC

Last updated: 18 May 2026 at 9:46 am UTC

I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you can run a Linux Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft to get various external windows inside the game.

Open source developers never cease to amaze me with what they're able to do. A developer going by "EVVIE" managed to combine the worlds of Linux and Minecraft, to enable you to pull up all sorts of Linux desktop windows directly inside Minecraft. Sure does look cool, a bit like running a desktop inside a VR headset like the draft code for the full VR mode for KDE Plasma written about here before on GamingOnLinux.

They even managed to play a game of Osu! (a popular free rhythm game) while showing off.

See the full video demonstration below:

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Incredible stuff.

The code is available on GitHub under the GPL license. The developer notes it was not created with AI. It will only work on Linux systems, since it requires Wayland. You need Minecraft 26.1.2, the Fabric mod loader, xkbcommon library 1.11.0 and xkbcommon tools (xkbcli).

In case you also missed some recent Minecraft news, the Java version is finally getting a friends list integrated along with peer to peer multiplayer!

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Apps, Misc, Open Source | Apps: Minecraft

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Eike 12 hours ago

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I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you can run a Linux Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft to get various external windows inside the game.

Of course, in doubt the answer to this question always is: "Because I can!"

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Dana Souly 12 hours ago

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That is really cool.😀

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LoudTechie 12 hours ago

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Quoting: Eike
I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you can run a Linux Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft to get various external windows inside the game.
Of course, I doubt the answer to this question always is: "Because I can!"

underscored by maniacal Laughing and lightning.

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Corben 12 hours ago

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Work hard, play hard! Now even at the same time!

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Liam Squires-Hand 12 hours ago

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Meetings in Minecraft - coming soon 😆

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ShadowXeldron 11 hours ago

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And here I was thinking that virtual machine mod was the peak of what we could do.

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scaine 8 hours ago

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When I was a kid, this is what I thought all computing would be like. It's taken nearly 40 years of disappointment to get here.

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MrBelles 8 hours ago

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This was an incredible project to try yesterday. Just note that unincluded in the requirements, your distro needs glibc v2.43, and if playing with Prism Launcher (or any other launcher) ensure that you give the flatpaks the right file permissions to use said glibc, or use a different Prism Launcher package like the one from the AUR.

This is how I'm pulling up to college today. Why? Rule of cool + if it works, use it.

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PlayingOnLinuxphone 7 hours ago

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And next? A game with ingame phone (like GTA, but please something cooler than GTA) running Phosh on it? Then playing the mobile version of that game inside the game. That would be awesome.

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Eike 7 hours ago

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I wondered for a moment if we can run Doom inside of Doom.

Yes, we can.

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JesTech 6 hours ago

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Quoting: EikeI wondered for a moment if we can run Doom inside of Doom.

Yes, we can.

But can you run Quake inside of Duke Nukem 3D inside of Doom on your refrigerator?

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walther von stolzing 6 hours ago

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I've finally run emacs inside Minecraft ... fine; but I think what I really want to do is to run Minecraft inside emacs.

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Purple Library Guy 4 hours ago

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Quoting: walther von stolzingI've finally run emacs inside Minecraft ... fine; but I think what I really want to do is to run Minecraft inside emacs.

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In theory you would then be able to run emacs inside Minecraft inside emacs.

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