[laumars]

They already have one:

https://dwm.suckless.org/

[sjmulder]

That's a window manager. I was thinking more along the lines of a lightweight X replacement.

[laumars]

The problem with running a nonstandard display server is you either need to support Xorg (or Wayland) else face near zero application support.

[noir_lord]

pure framebuffer UI's exist in embedded systems, they look horrible but constraints are constraints.