Sway 1.12 Released With HDR Support On Vulkan Renderer, New Protocols
Sway 1.12 has been released, introducing several new features and enhancements. The update includes HDR10 support for the Vulkan renderer and new protocols for improved functionality. Additionally, it now supports capturing individual windows and provides a default configuration file with key bindings.
- ▪Sway 1.12 introduces HDR10 support when using the Vulkan renderer.
- ▪New Wayland protocols supported include color-management-v1 and xdg-toplevel-tag-v1.
- ▪The compositor now ships with a default configuration file and supports display managers for startup.
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Sway 1.12 Released With HDR Support On Vulkan Renderer, New Protocols Written by Michael Larabel in Wayland on 25 May 2026 at 12:20 PM EDT. Add A Comment Sway 1.12 is out today as the newest feature release of this i3-inspired Wayland compositor powered by the wlroots library. Sway 1.12 introduces HDR10 support when running with its Vulkan renderer option. HDR10 is the most prevalent open standard formant for HDR video content. Sway 1.12 also introduces support for capturing individual windows, a new "--device-primaries" option to use the color primaries advertised by the display's EDID data, support for keypad slide switches, and new Wayland protocol support.
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