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title: Install miriway on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: 'Get the latest version of miriway for on elementary OS - Miriway: a
Wayland compositor for your desktop environment'
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/miriway/elementary
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# Install miriway on **elementary OS**
# miriway
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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/miriway/elementary#install)
#### Miriway: a Wayland compositor for your desktop environment
Miriway is a generic Wayland compositor implementing a traditional floating window management policy. It handles native Wayland extensions, supports legacy X11 applications via Xwayland, and leverages the robust Mir display server library to bring dynamic workspaces, hybrid graphics, and remote desktop support to your environment.
***Getting Started***
Miriway is highly configurable. When you run this snap, it looks for configuration components in `~/.config`.
To get you up and running instantly, Miriway ships with example setup scripts for popular lightweight desktop environments. These create the configuration files needed in `~/.config` and, optionally, install the components of these desktop environments:
```
ls /snap/miriway/current/example-configs/
Budgie.bash LXQt.bash MATE.bash SWAY.bash XFCE.bash alan_g.bash
```
You can easily test them and/or use them as a blueprint for your own custom setup. Note that these are provided on a "best effort" basis as they rely on the corresponding components on the host OS and we cannot test everything everywhere.
Detailed setup instructions, example scripts, and configuration guides are available in our documentation:
***Perfect for Desktop Migrations***
Miriway acts as a production-ready, off-the-shelf compositor designed to help modular, resource-light desktop environments (like Budgie, LXQt, and Xfce) transition away from X11 without having to develop a compositor from scratch. To provide a starting point here are some setup scripts:
Miriway is based on Mir:
### Package name
* miriway
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### License
* GPL-3.0
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### Last updated
* 30 September 2026 - latest/stable
* Yesterday - latest/edge
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### Websites
* [github.com/Miriway](https://github.com/Miriway "https://github.com/Miriway")
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### Contact
* [github.com/Miriway/Miriway/discussions](https://github.com/Miriway/Miriway/discussions "https://github.com/Miriway/Miriway/discussions")
* [matrix.to](https://matrix.to/#/#miriway:matrix.org "https://matrix.to/#/#miriway:matrix.org")
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### Source code
* [github.com/Miriway/Miriway](https://github.com/Miriway/Miriway "https://github.com/Miriway/Miriway")
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### Report a bug
* [github.com/Miriway/Miriway/issues](https://github.com/Miriway/Miriway/issues "https://github.com/Miriway/Miriway/issues")
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##### Report a Snap Store violation
* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/miriway/elementary#report-snap-modal)
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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install miriway
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.
### Enable snapd
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:
```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
### Install miriway
To install miriway, simply use the following command:
```
sudo snap install miriway --classic
```
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