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title: Users
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# List of projects using Meson
If you have a project that uses Meson that you want to add to this
list, please [file a
pull-request](https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/edit/master/docs/markdown/Users.md)
for it. All the software on this list is tested for regressions before
release, so it's highly recommended that projects add themselves
here. Some additional projects are listed in the [`meson` GitHub
topic](https://github.com/topics/meson).
- [2048.cpp ](https://github.com/plibither8/2048.cpp ), a fully featured terminal version of the game "2048" written in C++
- [aawordsearch ](https://github.com/theimpossibleastronaut/aawordsearch ), generate wordsearch puzzles using random words in different languages
- [Adwaita Manager ](https://github.com/AdwCustomizerTeam/AdwCustomizer ), change the look of Adwaita, with ease
- [Aravis ](https://github.com/AravisProject/aravis ), a glib/gobject based library for video acquisition using Genicam cameras
- [Akira ](https://github.com/akiraux/Akira ), a native Linux app for UI and UX design built in Vala and Gtk
- [AQEMU ](https://github.com/tobimensch/aqemu ), a Qt GUI for QEMU virtual machines, since version 0.9.3
- [Arduino sample project ](https://github.com/jpakkane/mesonarduino )
- [Audacious ](https://github.com/audacious-media-player ), a lightweight and versatile audio player
- [bolt ](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/bolt/bolt ), userspace daemon to enable security levels for Thunderbolt™ 3 on Linux
- [bsdutils ](https://github.com/dcantrell/bsdutils ), alternative to GNU coreutils using software from FreeBSD
- [Bubblewrap ](https://github.com/containers/bubblewrap ), unprivileged sandboxing tool
- [Budgie Desktop ](https://github.com/budgie-desktop/budgie-desktop ), a desktop environment built on GNOME technologies
- [Bzip2 ](https://gitlab.com/federicomenaquintero/bzip2 ), the bzip2 compressor/decompressor
- [Cage ](https://github.com/Hjdskes/cage ), a Wayland kiosk
- [canfigger ](https://github.com/andy5995/canfigger ), simple configuration file parser library
- [casync ](https://github.com/systemd/casync ), Content-Addressable Data Synchronization Tool
- [cglm ](https://github.com/recp/cglm ), a highly optimized graphics math library for C
- [cinnamon-desktop ](https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-desktop ), the cinnamon desktop library
- [Cozy ](https://github.com/geigi/cozy ), a modern audio book player for Linux and macOS using GTK+ 3
- [Criterion ](https://github.com/Snaipe/Criterion ), extensible cross-platform C and C++ unit testing framework
- [dav1d ](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d ), an AV1 decoder
- [dbus-broker ](https://github.com/bus1/dbus-broker ), Linux D-Bus Message Broker
- [DOSBox Staging ](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging ), DOS/x86 emulator
- [DPDK ](http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk ), Data Plane Development Kit, a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing
- [DXVK ](https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk ), a Vulkan-based Direct3D 11 implementation for Linux using Wine
- [elementary OS ](https://github.com/elementary/ ), Linux desktop oriented distribution
- [Emeus ](https://github.com/ebassi/emeus ), constraint based layout manager for GTK+
- [Entangle ](https://entangle-photo.org/ ), tethered camera control and capture desktop application
- [ESP8266 Arduino sample project ](https://github.com/trilader/arduino-esp8266-meson ), sample project for using the ESP8266 Arduino port with Meson
- [FeedReader ](https://github.com/jangernert/FeedReader ), a modern desktop application designed to complement existing web-based RSS accounts
- [Flecs ](https://github.com/SanderMertens/flecs ), a Fast and Lightweight ECS (Entity Component System) C library
- [Foliate ](https://github.com/johnfactotum/foliate ), a simple and modern GTK eBook reader, built with GJS and Epub.js
- [Fractal ](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Fractal/ ), a Matrix messaging client for GNOME
- [Frida ](https://github.com/frida/frida-core ), a dynamic binary instrumentation toolkit
- [fwupd ](https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd ), a simple daemon to allow session software to update firmware
- [GameMode ](https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode ), a daemon/lib combo for Linux that allows games to request a set of optimisations be temporarily applied to the host OS
- [Geary ](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary ), an email application built around conversations, for the GNOME 3 desktop.
- [GIMP ](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp ), an image manipulation program (experimental replacing autoconf)
- [GLib ](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib ), cross-platform C library used by GTK+ and GStreamer
- [Glorytun ](https://github.com/angt/glorytun ), a multipath UDP tunnel
- [GNOME Boxes ](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes ), a GNOME hypervisor
- [GNOME Builder ](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-builder ), an IDE for the GNOME platform
- [GNOME MPV ](https://github.com/gnome-mpv/gnome-mpv ), GNOME frontend to the mpv video player
- [GNOME Recipes ](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/recipes ), application for cooking recipes
- [GNOME Software ](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software ), an app store for GNOME
- [GNOME Twitch ](https://github.com/vinszent/gnome-twitch ), an app for viewing Twitch streams on GNOME desktop
- [GNOME Usage ](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-usage ), a GNOME application for visualizing system resources
- [GNU FriBidi ](https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi ), the open source implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm
- [Graphene ](https://ebassi.github.io/graphene/ ), a thin type library for graphics
- [Grilo ](https://git.gnome.org/browse/grilo ) and [Grilo plugins ](https://git.gnome.org/browse/grilo-plugins ), the Grilo multimedia framework
- [GStreamer ](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer ), multimedia framework
- [GTK+ ](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk ), the multi-platform toolkit used by GNOME
- [GtkDApp ](https://gitlab.com/csoriano/GtkDApp ), an application template for developing Flatpak apps with Gtk+ and D
- [GVfs ](https://git.gnome.org/browse/gvfs/ ), a userspace virtual filesystem designed to work with the I/O abstraction of GIO
- [Hardcode-Tray ](https://github.com/bil-elmoussaoui/Hardcode-Tray ), fixes hardcoded tray icons in Linux
- [HarfBuzz ](https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz ), a text shaping engine
- [HelenOS ](http://helenos.org ), a portable microkernel-based multiserver operating system
- [HexChat ](https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat ), a cross-platform IRC client in C
- [IGT ](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/igt-gpu-tools ), Linux kernel graphics driver test suite
- [i3 ](https://i3wm.org ), improved tiling window manager
- [inih ](https://github.com/benhoyt/inih ) (INI Not Invented Here), a small and simple .INI file parser written in C
- [Irssi ](https://github.com/irssi/irssi ), a terminal chat client in C
- [iSH ](https://github.com/tbodt/ish ), Linux shell for iOS
- [Janet ](https://github.com/janet-lang/janet ), a functional and imperative programming language and bytecode interpreter
- [json ](https://github.com/nlohmann/json ), JSON for Modern C++
- [JsonCpp ](https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp ), a C++ library for interacting with JSON
- [Json-glib ](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/json-glib ), GLib-based JSON manipulation library
- [Kiwix libraries ](https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib )
- [Knot Resolver ](https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/knot/knot-resolver ), Full caching DNS resolver implementation
- [Ksh ](https://github.com/att/ast ), a Korn Shell
- [Lc0 ](https://github.com/LeelaChessZero/lc0 ), LeelaChessZero is a UCI-compliant chess engine designed to play chess via neural network
- [Le ](https://github.com/kirushyk/le ), machine learning framework
- [libcamera ](https://git.linuxtv.org/libcamera.git/ ), a library to handle complex cameras on Linux, ChromeOS and Android
- [Libdrm ](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm ), a library for abstracting DRM kernel interfaces
- [libeconf ](https://github.com/openSUSE/libeconf ), Enhanced config file parsing library, which merges config files placed in several locations into one
- [Libepoxy ](https://github.com/anholt/libepoxy/ ), a library for handling OpenGL function pointer management
- [libfuse ](https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse ), the reference implementation of the Linux FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) interface
- [Libgit2-glib ](https://git.gnome.org/browse/libgit2-glib ), a GLib wrapper for libgit2
- [libglvnd ](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd ), Vendor neutral OpenGL dispatch library for Unix-like OSes
- [Libhttpseverywhere ](https://git.gnome.org/browse/libhttpseverywhere ), a library to enable httpseverywhere on any desktop app
- [libmodulemd ](https://github.com/fedora-modularity/libmodulemd ), a GObject Introspected library for managing [Fedora Project ](https://getfedora.org/ ) module metadata.
- [Libosmscout ](https://github.com/Framstag/libosmscout ), a C++ library for offline map rendering, routing and location
lookup based on OpenStreetMap data
- [libratbag ](https://github.com/libratbag/libratbag ), provides a DBus daemon to configure input devices, mainly gaming mice.
- [libspng ](https://github.com/randy408/libspng ), a C library for reading and writing Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
format files
- [libSRTP ](https://github.com/cisco/libsrtp ) (from Cisco Systems), a library for SRTP (Secure Realtime Transport Protocol)
- [libui ](https://github.com/andlabs/libui ), a simple and portable (but not inflexible) GUI library in C that uses the native GUI technologies of each platform it supports
- [Libva ](https://github.com/intel/libva ), an implementation for the VA (VIdeo Acceleration) API
- [libvips ](https://github.com/libvips/libvips ), a fast image processing library with low memory needs
- [Libvirt ](https://libvirt.org ), a toolkit to manage virtualization platforms
- [Libzim ](https://github.com/openzim/libzim ), the reference implementation for the ZIM file format
- [LXC ](https://github.com/lxc/lxc ), Linux container runtime
- [Marker ](https://github.com/fabiocolacio/Marker ), a GTK-3 markdown editor
- [Mesa ](https://mesa3d.org/ ), an open source graphics driver project
- [Miniz ](https://github.com/richgel999/miniz ), a zlib replacement library
- [MiracleCast ](https://github.com/albfan/miraclecast ), connect external monitors to your system via WiFi-Display specification aka Miracast
- [mpv ](https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv ), a free, open source, and cross-platform media player
- [mrsh ](https://github.com/emersion/mrsh ), a minimal POSIX shell
- [Nautilus ](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus ), the GNOME file manager
- [Nemo ](https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo ), the file manager for the Cinnamon desktop environment
- [nvme-cli ](https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli ), NVMe management command line interface
- [OcherBook ](https://github.com/ccoffing/OcherBook ), an open source book reader for Kobo devices
- [oomd ](https://github.com/facebookincubator/oomd ), a userspace Out-Of-Memory (OOM) killer for Linux systems
- [OpenH264 ](https://github.com/cisco/openh264 ), open source H.264 codec
- [OpenHMD ](https://github.com/OpenHMD/OpenHMD ), a free and open source API and drivers for immersive technology, such as head mounted displays with built in head tracking
- [OpenRC ](https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc ), an init system for Unix-like operating systems
- [OpenTitan ](https://github.com/lowRISC/opentitan ), an open source silicon Root of Trust (RoT) project.
- [Orc ](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc ), the Optimized Inner Loop Runtime Compiler
- [OTS ](https://github.com/khaledhosny/ots ), the OpenType Sanitizer, parses and serializes OpenType files (OTF, TTF) and WOFF and WOFF2 font files, validating and sanitizing them as it goes. Used by Chromium and Firefox
- [Outlier ](https://github.com/kerolasa/outlier ), a small Hello World style Meson example project
- [p11-kit ](https://github.com/p11-glue/p11-kit ), PKCS#11 module aggregator
- [Pacman ](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman.git ), a package manager for Arch Linux
- [Pango ](https://git.gnome.org/browse/pango/ ), an Internationalized text layout and rendering library
- [Parzip ](https://github.com/jpakkane/parzip ), a multithreaded reimplementation of Zip
- [Peek ](https://github.com/phw/peek ), simple animated GIF screen recorder with an easy to use interface
- [PicoLibc ](https://github.com/keith-packard/picolibc ), a standard C library for small embedded systems with limited RAM
- [PipeWire ](https://github.com/PipeWire/pipewire ), a framework for video and audio for containerized applications
- [Paper Rock Scissors ](https://github.com/michaelbrockus/paper_rock_scissors ), a game with weapons themed at home paper rock scissors style.
- [Pistache ](https://github.com/pistacheio/pistache ), a high performance REST toolkit written in C++
- [Pithos ](https://github.com/pithos/pithos ), a Pandora Radio client
- [Pitivi ](https://github.com/pitivi/pitivi/ ), a nonlinear video editor
- [Planner ](https://github.com/alainm23/planner ), task manager with Todoist support designed for GNU/Linux
- [Playerctl ](https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl ), mpris command-line controller and library for spotify, vlc, audacious, bmp, cmus, and others
- [Polari ](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/polari ), an IRC client
- [PostgreSQL ](https://www.postgresql.org/ ), an advanced open source relational database
- [qboot ](https://github.com/bonzini/qboot ), a minimal x86 firmware for booting Linux kernels
- [radare2 ](https://github.com/radare/radare2 ), unix-like reverse engineering framework and commandline tools (not the default)
- [rmw ](https://remove-to-waste.info ), safe-remove utility for the command line
- [Rizin ](https://rizin.re ), Free and Open Source Reverse Engineering Framework
- [QEMU ](https://qemu.org ), a processor emulator and virtualizer
- [RxDock ](https://gitlab.com/rxdock/rxdock ), a protein-ligand docking software designed for high throughput virtual screening (fork of rDock)
- [SciPy ](https://scipy.org/ ), an open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering
- [scrcpy ](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy ), a cross platform application that provides display and control of Android devices connected on USB or over TCP/IP
- [Sequeler ](https://github.com/Alecaddd/sequeler ), a friendly SQL client for Linux, built with Vala and Gtk
- [Siril ](https://gitlab.com/free-astro/siril ), an image processing software for amateur astronomy
- [slapt-get ](https://github.com/jaos/slapt-get ), an APT like system for Slackware package management
- [Spot ](https://github.com/xou816/spot ), Rust based Spotify client for the GNOME desktop
- [SSHFS ](https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs ), allows you to mount a remote filesystem using SFTP
- [sway ](https://github.com/swaywm/sway ), i3-compatible Wayland compositor
- [Sysprof ](https://git.gnome.org/browse/sysprof ), a profiling tool
- [systemd ](https://github.com/systemd/systemd ), the init system
- [szl ](https://github.com/dimkr/szl ), a lightweight, embeddable scripting language
- [Taisei Project ](https://taisei-project.org/ ), an open-source Touhou Project clone and fangame
- [Terminology ](https://github.com/billiob/terminology ), a terminal emulator based on the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries
- [Tilix ](https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix ), a tiling terminal emulator for Linux using GTK+ 3
- [Tizonia ](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il ), a command-line cloud music player for Linux with support for Spotify, Google Play Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, TuneIn, Plex servers and Chromecast devices
- [UFJF-MLTK ](https://github.com/mateus558/UFJF-Machine-Learning-Toolkit ), A C++ cross-platform framework for machine learning algorithms development and testing
- [Vala Language Server ](https://github.com/benwaffle/vala-language-server ), code intelligence engine for the Vala and Genie programming languages
- [Valum ](https://github.com/valum-framework/valum ), a micro web framework written in Vala
- [Venom ](https://github.com/naxuroqa/Venom ), a modern Tox client for the GNU/Linux desktop
- [vkQuake ](https://github.com/Novum/vkQuake ), a port of id Software's Quake using Vulkan instead of OpenGL for rendering
- [VMAF ](https://github.com/Netflix/vmaf ) (by Netflix), a perceptual video quality assessment based on multi-method fusion
- [Wayland ](https://github.com/wayland-project/wayland ) and [Weston ](https://github.com/wayland-project/weston ), a next generation display server
- [wlroots ](https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots ), a modular Wayland compositor library
- [xi-gtk ](https://github.com/eyelash/xi-gtk ), a GTK+ front-end for the Xi editor
- [Xorg ](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver ), the X.org display server (not the default yet)
- [X Test Suite ](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/test/xts ), The X.org test suite
- [zathura ](https://github.com/pwmt/zathura ), a highly customizable and functional document viewer based on the
girara user interface library and several document libraries
- [Zrythm ](https://git.sr.ht/~alextee/zrythm ), a cross-platform digital audio workstation written in C using GTK4
- [ZStandard ](https://github.com/facebook/zstd/commit/4dca56ed832c6a88108a2484a8f8ff63d8d76d91 ), a compression algorithm developed at Facebook (not used by default)
Note that a more up-to-date list of GNOME projects that use Meson can
be found
[here ](https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives/GnomeGoals/MesonPorting ).
