In the year of our lord of 2024, can I use Krita in Wayland?

[ArsM]

Honestly, this has been bugging me for some time now: does Krita works well in Wayland? I searched the forums but I am still lost about it. Can we use it in Wayland without major hurdles ?

Thanks!

[Mythmaker]

Did you read the most recent thread? -

Is there any plans to add Wayland support to Krita?

I mean, Krita actually works on Wayland because of XWayland, but having wrong cursors when using a graphic tablet is more problematic than it sounds. Sometimes I’m drawing with a brush, then switch to the Move tool accidentally, but the cursor doesn’t update, and I end moving everything because the cursor shows that I’m still using the brush. I looked at the KDE Bugtracking System and Krita’s repo, but I don’t see anything speaking of Wayland support, apart from multiple reports of this same i…

[ArsM]

Thanks, Mythmaker!

[raghukamath]

It works but through Xwayland, so based on the compositor that you are using your mileage may vary. Some people have lots of lag after few hours of painting. Some people are fine. If you need serious color management and accurate colors then it is not currently possible on krita on wayland