Multiple Mouse Cursors in Wayland
State of multi-player Wayland 2026-07-28 / blinry / CC BY-SA 4.0 / tech, software I’ve been fascinated by the idea of attaching multiple mice to one computer, and then having multiple mouse cursors inside of one desktop environment! I just spent three weeks investigating how well that’s currently supported on Linux & Wayland. Together with this blog post, I’m publishing a number of little tools and patched libraries that add or improve “multi-seat” support.
- ▪State of multi-player Wayland 2026-07-28 / blinry / CC BY-SA 4.0 / tech, software I’ve been fascinated by the idea of attaching multiple mice to one computer, and then having multiple mouse cursors inside of one desktop environment!
- ▪I just spent three weeks investigating how well that’s currently supported on Linux & Wayland.
- ▪Together with this blog post, I’m publishing a number of little tools and patched libraries that add or improve “multi-seat” support.
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| Original publisher | Hacker News (Front Page) |
| Canonical URL | https://blinry.org/multi-seat-wayland/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:59:37 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-29T02:59:25.879Z |
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State of multi-player Wayland 2026-07-28 / blinry / CC BY-SA 4.0 / tech, software I’ve been fascinated by the idea of attaching multiple mice to one computer, and then having multiple mouse cursors inside of one desktop environment! I just spent three weeks investigating how well that’s currently supported on Linux & Wayland. Let me tell you what I found! The results are surprisingly cool. Together with this blog post, I’m publishing a number of little tools and patched libraries that add or improve “multi-seat” support. But many pieces in this puzzle are still incomplete or missing. I marked some “open projects ideas” with a 📝 emoji throughout the blog post. By publishing this post, I hope to find people who are interested in exploring and expanding this space together.
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