Marco
MATE’s X11 stacking window manager and compositor, derived from Metacity and integrated with MATE’s session, settings and workspace tools. It provides window decorations, focus and placement, compositing and basic tiling actions, with preferences and themes managed through MATE settings. MATE Marco is a fork of GNOME Metacity, maintained as MATE’s window manager.
Background and availability
MATE Marco is a fork of GNOME Metacity, maintained as MATE’s window manager. History source ↗
- Fedora MATE+Compiz Spin ↗ official spin · checked 2026-10-09
- Ubuntu MATE ↗ default window manager · checked 2026-10-09
Project facts
- protocol
- X11
- layout
- stacking
- Configuration
- GSettings
- tag
- MATE, compositing
- Primary repository stars
- 218
