EmX11

⚠️ This project is in early development and is not yet stable. Expect breaking changes and missing features.

A WebAssembly implementation of the X11/Xlib C API that renders X windows to a browser Canvas, no real X server required. This project doesn't process X Protocol packets.

Prerequisites

• Linux (or WSL)
• Emscripten (latest emsdk recommended; emcc must be on PATH)
• Node.js ≥ 20, pnpm ≥ 9
• cmake ≥ 3.20, make, git

pnpm install

Build (library only)

pnpm build

Build with examples

pnpm build:examples

Run

pnpm dev

Documentation

The JS API surface is documented in docs/api.md.

License

MIT. Third-party X.Org code under ignored-area/third-party/ and native/include/ retains its original MIT / X Consortium license.