mutter

GNOME window manager

TLDR

Start Mutter

$ mutter

Replace running window manager

$ mutter --replace

Run in wayland mode

$ mutter --wayland

Run in nested mode

$ mutter --nested

Display version

$ mutter --version

SYNOPSIS

mutter [options]

DESCRIPTION

mutter is the GNOME window manager. It handles window management and compositing.
The tool supports both X11 and Wayland. Core component of GNOME Shell.

PARAMETERS

--replace

Replace running window manager.

--wayland

Run as Wayland compositor.

--nested

Run nested in another session.

--version

Show version information.

--help

Display help information.

CAVEATS

GNOME specific. Requires GPU compositing. Usually run via GNOME Shell.

HISTORY

Mutter is derived from Metacity and became the standard GNOME window manager with GNOME 3.