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2.7.11 / October 29, 2016; 2 years ago ( 2016-10-29) Written in Website XQuartz (formerly and often still informally referred to as X11.app) is 's version of the, a component of the (X11, or shortened to simply X, and sometimes informally X-Windows) for. The name 'XQuartz' derives from, part of the macOS Core Graphics framework, to which XQuartz connects these applications.
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XQuartz allows applications using X11 for the GUI to run on macOS, many of which are not specifically designed for macOS. This includes numerous scientific and academic software projects. Contents. History X11.app was initially available as a downloadable public for and later included as a standard package for.
In X11.app was an optional install included on the install DVD. With, and installed the X11.app by default, but from. Apple dropped dedicated support for X11.app, with users being directed to the XQuartz project (to which Apple contributes) instead. In, Apple's X11 implemented release 6.6 (X11R6.6). This implementation includes an XFree86 4.4 based X11 window server, rootless window manager, libraries, and basic utilities such as. 'Rootless' means that X window applications show up on the Quartz desktop, appearing like any other windowed Quartz application (that is, not in a virtual desktop contained within another window).
In, X11 was updated to use (X11R7.2) rather than. The source code for X11 is available from Apple. Some source code is available under the while the bulk is licensed under the.
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Current version The current version of XQuartz is a DDX (Device Dependent X ) included in the and implements support for hardware-accelerated (in versions prior to 2.1), hardware acceleration and integration with, the macOS (GUI). As of version 2.7.11, XQuartz does not provide support for high-resolution to X11 apps, which run in pixel-doubled mode on high-resolution displays.