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Arcan is an impressive framework that has some amazing potential. One the surface it seems like a replacement for X11 or Wayland. This doesn't begin to scratch the surface though.

The deeper you get into Arcan the more you realize it's a framework for sharing computational resources transparently. It very much reminds me of 9p, both are seemingly simple abstractions. It's only once you start to apply them that you realize the full potential.

1. Developing

Fetch the latest code:

cd ~/src/arcan
fossil pull --all

Building (always refer to README.md for the latest build instructions:

cd ~/src/arcan
eval "$(direnv hook $SHELL)"

fossil update

rm -rf build
mkdir -p build

cd build
cmake -DBUILD_PRESET="everything" ../src
make

Author: Aaron Bieber

Created: 2025-08-07 Thu 11:37

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