https://github.com/elementary/greeter

Login and Lock Screen greeter for elementary OS and Pantheon, using LightDM
https://github.com/elementary/greeter

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Login and Lock Screen greeter for elementary OS and Pantheon, using LightDM

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/elementary/greeter
• Owner: elementary
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2017-04-12T20:45:07.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-06-22T21:00:14.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-22T21:33:25.304Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: greeter, gtk, hacktoberfest, lightdm, lightdm-greeter, meson, pantheon, vala
• Language: Vala
• Homepage:
• Size: 6.99 MB
• Stars: 169
• Watchers: 30
• Forks: 41
• Open Issues: 88
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Greeter

[![Translation status](https://l10n.elementary.io/widgets/desktop/-/greeter/svg-badge.svg)](https://l10n.elementary.io/engage/desktop/?utm_source=widget)

![Screenshot](data/screenshot.png?raw=true)

## Building and Installation

You'll need the following dependencies:

* gnome-settings-daemon >= 3.27

* libaccountsservice-dev

* libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev

* libgranite-dev >= 5.5.0

* libgtk-3-dev

* libhandy-1-dev >= 0.90.0

* liblightdm-gobject-1-dev

* libmutter-13-dev

* libx11-dev

* meson

* valac

Run `meson` to configure the build environment and then `ninja` to build

    meson build --prefix=/usr

    cd build

    ninja

To install, use `ninja install`

    sudo ninja install

## Testing & Debugging

Run LightDM in test mode with Xephyr:

    lightdm --test-mode --debug

You can then find the debug log in `~/.cache/lightdm/log`