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.
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Last edited by Eike on 18 May 2026 at 6:38 pm UTC
Dana Souly 22 hours ago
Quoting: Eikeunderscored by maniacal Laughing and lightning.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!"
Liam Squires-Hand 22 hours ago
ShadowXeldron 21 hours ago
This is how I'm pulling up to college today. Why? Rule of cool + if it works, use it.
PlayingOnLinuxphone 17 hours ago
Yes, we can.
Quoting: EikeI wondered for a moment if we can run Doom inside of Doom.But can you run Quake inside of Duke Nukem 3D inside of Doom on your refrigerator?
Yes, we can.
walther von stolzing 16 hours ago
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.In theory you would then be able to run emacs inside Minecraft inside emacs.
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walther von stolzing 10 hours ago
Quoting: Purple Library GuyI mean, strictly speaking this is 'displaying inside' as opposed to *running inside*; so that kind of recursion wouldn't be a big deal, not so different from the infinite tunnel you get when streaming the desktop with an OBS window inside it, etc.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.In theory you would then be able to run emacs inside Minecraft inside emacs.
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Not sure about an emacs native wayland compositor, but emacs is already able to launch image buffers, satellite windows, etc.; so in that flimsy sense, emacs too can display Minecraft inside it.
... but the thing is that both Minecraft and emacs can *theoretically* 'run' each other as computers ... though it wouldn't be practical in the least. emacs still has a better chance of course, especially since it can have plugins written in C; but implementing at least a 32 bit computer using redstone inside Minecraft, etc. etc., that's a tall order.
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