Thought I would do a Brave A.I. search and this is a supplementary element:
" Is XLibre actively maintained compared to Xorg?
Yes, XLibre is actively maintained , and its development activity appears significantly more focused and recent than that of the main Xorg project.
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XLibre Activity: As of April 2026, XLibre is being actively adopted and released. Artix Linux has made it the default X server in its April 2026 release, and users are creating new experimental projects around it as recently as May 1, 2026. The project's initial release in June 2025 included thousands of commits, aiming to backport unreleased community contributions.
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Xorg Activity: While the official Xorg server is still maintained for security fixes and is used by XWayland, its development for new features has stagnated. A major point of contention is that the stable release branch has diverged from the main development branch since 2021, meaning many improvements (like the "TearFree" patch) have not been released to users. The official stance is a shift in focus towards Wayland.
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Controversy: The primary reason for the fork is political and developmental. XLibre's lead developer, Enrico Weigelt, was banned from the freedesktop.org GitLab after announcing the fork. The project's website accuses the current Xorg maintainers of intentionally blocking contributions. This controversy led to the removal of the XLibre wiki page from Arch Linux in April 2026 due to its violation of the community's Code of Conduct, although the software remains available in the AUR.
In summary, while Xorg is maintained in a limited capacity, XLibre represents the current active development effort for the X11 server, driven by a desire to modernize the codebase and add new features.