Support and compatibility
This page records testing evidence and compatibility boundaries independently from package availability.
Before final 1.0.0, including every 0.x release and RC, compatibility and configuration preservation are not guaranteed in any way. From final 1.0.0 onward, configuration preservation is guaranteed. Back up panel configuration before testing a pre-1.0 release.
Distro testing
| Distribution/context | Maintainer | Community | CI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 13 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Xubuntu 26.04 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Arch Linux | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| MX Linux | — | ✓ | — |
| Fedora 44 | — | — | ✓ |
- Maintainer means a manual result recorded by the maintainer for the named environment.
- Community means a manual result recorded by a community tester for the named environment.
- CI means automated build, test, or package-recipe evidence for the named distribution context; it is not a live desktop result.
- — means no result is currently documented for that source, not a known failure or incompatibility.
CI marks describe automation for the named row, not a live desktop result. Evidence is never transferred to the Maintainer or Community columns.
Package availability
Project release packages are available for Ubuntu 26.04, Debian 13, and Fedora 44. Arch Linux uses a separately maintained AUR source recipe. See the installation guide for current artifacts and commands. The tag workflow builds, tests, installs, and verifies the three native packages and validates the Arch recipe before publication. Availability, successful package automation, and recipe publication do not create maintainer or community testing marks.
Xfce compatibility
MeowMenu supports Xfce 4.16 through 4.21, with Xfce 4.20 as the primary quality target.
Routine automated builds cover Ubuntu 26.04, Debian 13, and Fedora 44. Live validation remains focused on Xfce 4.20 with X11 on x86_64/amd64; other supported Xfce versions do not have a documented live result here.
Sessions and architectures
X11 on x86_64/amd64 is the only officially supported live-quality path. Wayland is experimentally supported with a graceful positioning fallback but remains unverified live. Published packages cover x86_64/amd64; other architectures have no documented package or live result. Source compilation does not establish a session, architecture, or live desktop result.
See known limitations, translation status, and the testing guide for the exact boundaries. Share a result using the compatibility report.