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X11 is very cursed, so built-in Xwayland support is not planned at the moment.
However, there are multiple solutions to running X11 apps in niri.
## Using xwayland-satellite
[xwayland-satellite] is a new project that essentially implements rootless Xwayland in a separate application, without the host compositor's involvement.
While it is still somewhat experimental, it handles a lot of applications correctly, like Steam, games and Discord.
Build it according to instructions from its README, then run the `xwayland-satellite` binary.
Now you can start X11 applications on the X11 DISPLAY that it provides:
```
env DISPLAY=:0 flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam
```
They will appear as normal windows.
## Directly running Xwayland in rootful mode
This method involves invoking XWayland directly and running it as its own window, it also requires an extra X11 window manager running inside it.
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> If Steam terminates abnormally while running in gamescope, it seems that subsequent gamescope invocations will sometimes fail to start it properly.
> If this happens, run Steam inside a rootful Xwayland as described above, then exit it normally, and then you will be able to use gamescope again.
## Using xwayland-satellite
[xwayland-satellite] is an experimental new project that essentially implements rootless Xwayland in a separate application, without the host compositor's involvement.
Build it according to instructions from its README, then run the `xwayland-satellite` binary.
Now you can start X11 applications on the X11 DISPLAY that it provides:
```
env DISPLAY=:0 flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam
```
They will appear as normal windows.
[xwayland-run]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/ofourdan/xwayland-run
[xwayland-satellite]: https://github.com/Supreeeme/xwayland-satellite