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Hyprland 0.56 Released With Many Enhancements To This Wayland Compositor
Written by Michael Larabel in Wayland on 20 July 2026 at 06:06 AM EDT. 1 Comment
Out today is Hyprland 0.56 as the newest feature update to this unique Wayland compositor and incorporating just under three months worth of improvements.
Hyprland 0.56 delivers several layout improvements with new scrolling and master capabilities. There are also a number of new Lua API additions to allow for further customization of Hyprland.
Hyprland 0.56 also adds new window rule effects, XDG interactive drag support for dragging client-side decoration titlebars, glow now supports gradients, and other refinements.
Downloads and more details on the new Hyprland 0.56 via the Hypr.land project site and GitHub.
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