GNUstep Research

WebKit v5 — Cocoa-native GNUstep porting plan Plan v5 Port the macOS Cocoa WebKit to GNUstep using native core libs (libs-opal, libs-quartzcore, libs-corebase, libs-av). No GTK, no GLib, no Skia, no GStreamer. Complete framework gap analysis, feature-disable map, minimal CMake flags, and 8-phase roadmap.
- libs-corebase — CoreFoundation gaps Sub-plan Add CFNotificationCenter, CFPreferences, CFStringTokenizer to libs-corebase. ~3 new files, ~700 LOC.
- libs-opal — CoreGraphics, CoreText & ImageIO gaps Sub-plan Missing CG path/gradient functions, CoreText font fallback cascade, Apple SPI stub headers. ~5-8 functions to implement.
- libs-quartzcore — QuartzCore/CoreAnimation gaps Sub-plan Merge 6 DTW-Thalion PRs, add CALayer.frame, CADisplayLink, CATransaction.completionBlock. Most gaps bypassed by software rendering initially.
How Menus Work: macOS vs GNUstep Comparing menu rendering architecture between macOS and GNUstep.
Who draws the macOS menu bar? Ownership and rendering of the macOS menu bar.
WindowServer.app Development Plan Native GNUstep display server for Linux using KMS/DRM and GPU compositing.
Gershwin WindowManager QA Plan Two-track QA plan: per-PR manual smoke checklist plus a phased automated test suite.