Welcome to the XQuartz project

Intro

The XQuartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the  X.org X Window System that runs on Mac OS X. Together with supporting libraries and applications, it forms the X11.app that Apple has shipped with OS X since version 10.5.

Latest Releases

Mountain Lion users, please use 2.7.1 or later.

Stable: 2.7.1 - 2012.02.20

Development:  2.7.2_beta1 2012.03.05

Support

There are three ways to get support for XQuartz.

• Join us in  #xquartz on the Freenode IRC Network
• Try our Mailing Lists
• File a Bug Report

OS-X Software/Security Updates and XQuartz (Leopard Only)

OS-X Software Updates have included some of the work done by this project, but for various reasons, Apple cannot ship the latest and greatest version offered by this site. Since our package clobbers Apple's X11.app, their SU will clobber ours. Because of this, you may experience conflicts after doing a Software Update from Apple. It is suggested that you install the latest XQuartz release after installing an update to OS-X Leopard.

Site Map

• Mailing Lists
•  Bug Reports
•  Roadmap
• ChangeLog of enhancements and bug fixes
• Releases including pre-built binaries and easy to install packages
• Developer Info
• Directory of ClientApps

External Links

General X11 Information

•  X.org
•  freedesktop.org

X11 on the Mac

•  Pedro Massobrio's "Leopard and X11" website
•  X11 on Leopard FAQ @ macoshints.com