Editing Enlightenment (window manager) (section)

{{Short description|Compositing window manager}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Enlightenment
| logo = E17 enlightenment logo shiny black curved.svg
| screenshot = Enlightenment 0.26.0.png
| caption = Enlightenment 0.26.0
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| author = [[Carsten Haitzler]]
| developer = Enlightenment development team
| released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1997}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q692045|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q692045|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q692045|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q692045|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]] ([[Enlightenment Foundation Libraries|EFL]])
| operating system = [[Unix-like]]
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| genre = {{Unbulleted list|[[Window manager]]|[[Graphical shell]]|[[Desktop environment]]}}
| license = [[BSD licenses|BSD 2-Clause]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/src/branch/master/COPYING|access-date=26 July 2024 |title=Enlightenment/COPYING at master }}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://www.enlightenment.org/}}
}}

'''Enlightenment''', also known simply as '''E''', is a [[compositing window manager]] for the [[X Window System]]. Since version 0.20, Enlightenment also supports  [[Wayland compositor|Wayland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Enlightenment DR 0.20.0 Release|url=https://phab.enlightenment.org/phame/post/view/167/enlightenment_dr_0.20.0_release/|website=Enlightenment.org|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621015953/https://phab.enlightenment.org/phame/post/view/167/enlightenment_dr_0.20.0_release/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is shipped with some Linux distributions such as [[Bodhi Linux]] and [[Pentoo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zinoune |first=M. |date=10 July 2012 |title=Enlightenment distributions that are still alive! |url=https://unixmen.com/enlightenment-distributions-that-are-still-alive/ |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=Unixmen}}</ref> 

Enlightenment is only a window manager at its core; however, with many modules included, it can be extended to resemble a full [[desktop environment]].<ref name="OsusiPortal">{{cite web |date=2012-12-21 |title=Portal:Enlightenment |url=http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Enlightenment |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212145902/https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Enlightenment |archive-date=2018-02-12 |access-date=2014-06-17 |publisher=en.opensuse.org |df=ymd-all}}</ref> Since version 0.17 (E17), Enlightenment has been written with the [[Enlightenment Foundation Libraries]] (EFL), and the Enlightenment project also writes a [https://www.enlightenment.org/about set of applications] with the EFL.