Frame X server
Ranked 8 of 9 display servers by recommenders
Hobby X server in x86 assembly with no dependencies, praised as fun and interesting. Caveat: window focus and some apps don't work, and some suspect LLM-written code.
Hobby X server in x86 assembly with no dependencies, praised as fun and interesting. Caveat: window focus and some apps don't work, and some suspect LLM-written code.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun and interesting to explore
“I love what he's doing - I just don't love x86 asm...”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Frame – the first Linux Assembly X server” “I do it find it very fun and entertaining.”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Frame – the first Linux Assembly X server” “Otherwise, this is interesting work.”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Frame – the first Linux Assembly X server”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Window focus and app breakage
“So it's not the window manager. It's individual applications that are working or not.”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Frame – the first Linux Assembly X server” “I can't seem to focus the window to actually type.”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Frame – the first Linux Assembly X server”
Other display servers people recommend
The four most recommended other display servers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayland | 272 | 405 | 40% | 12 | 3 yrs32 owners | — |
| X11 (X.Org) | 140 | 102 | 58% | 12 | 20 yrs9 owners | — |
| Xorg | 40 | 36 | 53% | 11 | 22 yrs3 owners | — |
| XLibre | 31 | 37 | 46% | 8 | — | — |
| Frame X serverThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Then I realised LLMs wrote this, and I was so very disappointed.”
“I do it find it very fun and entertaining.”
“So it's not the window manager. It's individual applications that are working or not.”
“I love what he's doing - I just don't love x86 asm...”
“No dependencies and better performance? Fantastic.”
“Otherwise, this is interesting work.”
“I can't seem to focus the window to actually type.”
“this is impressive, even with claude i think the guy have enough deep understanding of the OS”
“You can consider using Frame for the SAST part”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.