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Wayland

Wayland is a communication protocol that specifies the communication between a display server and its clients.

https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk

An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.

anydesk dart flutter flutter-apps flutter-desktop flutter-examples flutter-mobile flutter-ui flutter-web hacktoberfest linux p2p rdp remote-control remote-desktop rust rust-lang teamviewer vnc wayland

Last synced: 01 Mar 2026

https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprland

Hyprland is an independent, highly customizable, dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.

compositor cpp26 wayland wayland-compositor

Last synced: 23 Jan 2026

https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland

Hyprland is an independent, highly customizable, dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.

compositor cpp26 wayland wayland-compositor

Last synced: 28 Mar 2025

https://niri-wm.github.io/niri/

A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

rust smithay tiling-window-manager wayland wayland-compositor

Last synced: 21 Feb 2026

https://github.com/niri-wm/niri

A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

rust smithay tiling-window-manager wayland wayland-compositor

Last synced: 10 Feb 2026

https://github.com/swaywm/sway

i3-compatible Wayland compositor

compositor wayland

Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://yalter.github.io/niri/

A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

rust smithay tiling-window-manager wayland wayland-compositor

Last synced: 06 Oct 2025

https://github.com/phw/peek

Simple animated GIF screen recorder with an easy to use interface

apng gif gif-recorder gnome gtk3 linux screencast vala wayland webm

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky

Light-weight system monitor for X, Wayland, and other things, too

c-plus-plus cairo conky imlib2 linux lua system-monitoring wayland

Last synced: 05 Mar 2026

https://github.com/alexays/waybar

Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors. :v: :tada:

bar gtk i3status statusbar sway wayland wlroots

Last synced: 10 May 2025

https://github.com/yalter/niri

A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

rust smithay tiling-window-manager wayland wayland-compositor

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/end-4/dots-hyprland

ur wallpaper is red... or is it blue?... doesnt matter, the shell will look cool

ags dotfiles hyprland linux material-design pywal rice ricing unixporn wayland

Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker

Run GUI applications and desktops in docker and podman containers. Focus on security.

containers desktop docker gpu gui html5 nerdctl podman printer pulseaudio sandbox sound ssh vnc wayland webcam x x11 xorg xpra

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar

Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors. :v: :tada:

bar gtk i3status statusbar sway wayland wlroots

Last synced: 20 Mar 2025

https://github.com/dunst-project/dunst

Lightweight and customizable notification daemon

c dbus libnotify notification-daemon wayland x11

Last synced: 01 Apr 2026

https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit

Window handling library in pure Rust

android gui ios macos rust rust-lang wasm wayland windowing windows x11

Last synced: 09 Sep 2025

https://github.com/avengemedia/dankmaterialshell

Desktop shell for wayland compositors built with Quickshell & GO, optimized for niri, hyprland, sway, MangoWC, labwc, and MiracleWM.

dwl go hyprland labwc mangowc niri quickshell sway theme tiling-window-manager wayland

Last synced: 25 Feb 2026

https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri

A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

rust smithay tiling-window-manager wayland wayland-compositor

Last synced: 04 Apr 2025

https://github.com/riverwm/river

[mirror] A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor

wayland wayland-compositor window-manager wlroots zig

Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://github.com/lgfae/swww

A Solution to your Wayland Wallpaper Woes

swww wallpaper wayland

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://aylur.github.io/ags/

Scaffolding CLI for Astal+Gnim

gtk3 gtk4 layer-shell typescript unixporn wayland

Last synced: 13 Oct 2025

https://github.com/wayfirewm/wayfire

A modular and extensible wayland compositor

wayfire wayland wayland-compositor window-manager

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/aylur/ags

Scaffolding CLI for Astal+TypeScript

gtk3 gtk4 layer-shell unixporn wayland

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/labwc/labwc

A Wayland window-stacking compositor

labwc layer-shell openbox sway wayland wayland-compositor window-manager wlroots

Last synced: 17 Apr 2026

https://github.com/emersion/mako

A lightweight Wayland notification daemon

cli notifications swaywm wayland

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/Bismuth-Forge/bismuth

KDE Plasma add-on, that tiles your windows automatically and lets you manage them via keyboard, similarly to i3, Sway or dwm.

desktop kcm kde kde-plasma kwin kwin-script linux plasma tiling tiling-window-manager wayland window window-manager

Last synced: 03 Apr 2025

https://github.com/bismuth-forge/bismuth

KDE Plasma add-on, that tiles your windows automatically and lets you manage them via keyboard, similarly to i3, Sway or dwm.

desktop kcm kde kde-plasma kwin kwin-script linux plasma tiling tiling-window-manager wayland window window-manager

Last synced: 27 Sep 2025

https://github.com/LGFae/swww

A Solution to your Wayland Wallpaper Woes

swww wallpaper wayland

Last synced: 01 Apr 2025

https://github.com/abenz1267/walker

Multi-Purpose Launcher with a lot of features. Highly Customizable and fast.

runner rust wayland

Last synced: 29 Dec 2025

https://github.com/WayfireWM/wayfire

A modular and extensible wayland compositor

wayfire wayland wayland-compositor window-manager

Last synced: 20 Mar 2025

https://github.com/Aylur/ags

A customizable and extensible shell

desktop-environment gtk3 unixporn wayland

Last synced: 09 Apr 2025

https://github.com/smithay/smithay

A smithy for rusty wayland compositors

rust wayland wayland-compositor

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots

A modular Wayland compositor library

wayland wayland-compositor

Last synced: 20 Mar 2025

https://github.com/way-cooler/way-cooler

Wayland compositor for AwesomeWM

lua tiling-window wayland wayland-compositor

Last synced: 28 Sep 2025

https://github.com/Smithay/smithay

A smithy for rusty wayland compositors

rust wayland wayland-compositor

Last synced: 26 Mar 2025

https://github.com/xremap/xremap

Key remapper for X11 and Wayland

keyboard-shortcuts linux wayland x11

Last synced: 02 May 2026

https://github.com/sddm/sddm

QML based X11 and Wayland display manager

qml qtquick wayland xorg

Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://github.com/djpohly/dwl

dwm for Wayland - ARCHIVE: development has moved to Codeberg

compositor tiling wayland wayland-compositor wlroots

Last synced: 27 Sep 2025

https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard

Command-line copy/paste utilities for Wayland

clipboard wayland

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/willpower3309/swayfx

SwayFX: Sway, but with eye candy!

c compositor gles2 linux opengl sway swayfx wayland wm

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/WillPower3309/swayfx

SwayFX: Sway, but with eye candy!

c compositor gles2 linux opengl sway swayfx wayland wm

Last synced: 08 Apr 2025

https://github.com/erikreider/swaynotificationcenter

A simple GTK based notification daemon for any Wayland compositor

gtk3 linux notification notification-center notification-server sway swaywm vala wayland wlroots

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/ErikReider/SwayNotificationCenter

A simple GTK based notification daemon for any Wayland compositor

gtk3 linux notification notification-center notification-server sway swaywm vala wayland wlroots

Last synced: 28 Mar 2025

https://github.com/localdesktop/localdesktop.github.io

Local Desktop helps you run a desktop Linux environment on your Android device.

android linux proot wayland

Last synced: 06 Jun 2026

https://github.com/localdesktop/localdesktop

Local Desktop helps you run a desktop Linux environment on your Android device.

android linux proot wayland

Last synced: 13 Mar 2026

https://github.com/any1/wayvnc

A VNC server for wlroots based Wayland compositors

remote-desktop sway vnc wayland wlroots

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/smithay/wayland-rs

Rust implementation of the wayland protocol (client and server).

rust wayland

Last synced: 11 May 2025

https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprpaper

Hyprpaper is a wayland wallpaper utility with IPC controls.

cpp20 wallpaper wayland wlroots

Last synced: 26 Jan 2026

https://github.com/Smithay/wayland-rs

Rust implementation of the wayland protocol (client and server).

rust wayland

Last synced: 13 Apr 2025

https://github.com/denisse-dev/dotfiles

:dragon_face: My Arch Linux config [Zsh + Sway + Alacritty + Emacs, etc]

arch arch-linux dotfiles emacs eye-candy git linux spacemacs sway sway-config swaywm wayland zsh zsh-theme zshrc

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/bk138/gromit-mpx

Gromit-MPX is an on-screen annotation tool that works with any Unix desktop environment under X11 as well as Wayland.

annotation annotation-tool cinnamon drawing enlightenment epic-pen-alternative gnome kde lxde mate multi-pointer on-screen rox screen-annotation unity wayland x11 xfce

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/apognu/tuigreet

Graphical console greeter for greetd

greetd linux login tui wayland xorg

Last synced: 13 May 2025

https://github.com/francma/wob

Lightweight overlay volume, brightness (or anything) bar for Wayland

sway swaywm wayland

Last synced: 21 Feb 2026

https://github.com/erikreider/swayosd

A GTK based on screen display for keyboard shortcuts like caps-lock and volume

on-screen-display sway swaywm wayland

Last synced: 16 Jan 2026

https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/mangowc

wayland compositor base wlroots and scenefx(dwm but wayland)

compositor wayland wayland-compositor wlroots

Last synced: 01 Nov 2025

https://github.com/emersion/slurp

Select a region in a Wayland compositor

cli screenshot wayland

Last synced: 16 May 2025

https://github.com/goodroot/hyprwhspr

Native speech-to-text for Linux - Fast, accurate and private system-wide dictation

ai archlinux cachyos cohere-ai debian dictation elevenlabs fedora hyprland omarchy opensuse parakeet speech-to-text translation ubuntu waybar wayland whisper

Last synced: 28 May 2026

https://github.com/jtheoof/swappy

A Wayland native snapshot editing tool, inspired by Snappy on macOS

annotation-tool screenshot snappy snapshot sway wayland

Last synced: 22 Oct 2025

https://github.com/cage-kiosk/cage

A Wayland kiosk

compositor kiosk wayland

Last synced: 11 Dec 2025

https://github.com/wayvr-org/wayvr

Your way to enjoy VR on Linux. Run apps inside VR & access your Wayland/X11 screens from Monado/WiVRn/SteamVR.

linux openvr openvr-overlay openxr openxr-overlay steamvr steamvr-overlay vr-overlay wayland x11

Last synced: 11 Apr 2026

https://github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell

Quickshell optimized for niri & hyprland. Check out the niri community Discord below.

quickshell theme tiling-window-manager wayland

Last synced: 06 Oct 2025

https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl

A program to read and control device brightness

backlight brightness linux wayland

Last synced: 20 Mar 2025

https://github.com/emersion/grim

Grab images from a Wayland compositor

cli screenshot scrot wayland

Last synced: 15 Mar 2025

https://github.com/swaywm/swaylock

Screen locker for Wayland

sway wayland wlroots

Last synced: 04 Oct 2025

https://github.com/fufexan/dotfiles

NixOS system config & Home-Manager user config

ags declarative dotfiles flake helix home-manager hyprland nix nixos wayland

Last synced: 15 May 2025

https://github.com/fabric-development/fabric

The next-generation framework for building desktop widgets using Python

desktop-widgets gtk gtk3 status-bar wayland widget widgets x11

Last synced: 15 May 2025

https://github.com/sentriz/cliphist

Wayland clipboard manager with support for multimedia

clipboard clipboard-manager hyprland sway wayfire wayland wl-roots

Last synced: 15 May 2025

https://github.com/coastalwhite/lemurs

A customizable TUI display/login manager written in Rust 🐒

linux rust unix wayland window-manager x11

Last synced: 15 May 2025

https://github.com/koeqaife/hyprland-material-you

Dynamic and elegant desktop setup inspired by Material You, featuring auto-generated colors, fluid animations, and ripple effects for a cohesive, customizable user experience.

ags arch-linux archlinux dotfiles hyprland hyprland-config linux material-3 material-design material-you rice unixporn wayland

Last synced: 19 Oct 2025

https://github.com/fdw/rofimoji

Emoji, unicode and general character picker for rofi and rofi-likes

character emoji emoji-picker i3 input kaomoji linux nerdfonts picker rofi smiley unicode unicode-picker wayland wofi x11

Last synced: 14 Mar 2025

https://github.com/linuxmobile/shin

A study in structural evolution. An elegant NixOS environment designed to move with the rhythm of your creative core.

amdgpu dotfiles flakes ghostty niri nixos nixos-configuration nushell nvchad ricing secureboot starship unixporn wayland

Last synced: 27 Mar 2026

https://github.com/Kron4ek/Wine-Builds

Wine builds (Vanilla, Staging, TkG and Proton)

esync fsync ntsync proton wayland wine wine-staging

Last synced: 31 Mar 2025

https://github.com/Fabric-Development/fabric

The next-generation framework for building desktop widgets using Python

desktop-widgets gtk gtk3 status-bar wayland widget widgets x11

Last synced: 01 Apr 2025

https://github.com/libvnc/x11vnc

a VNC server for real X displays

vnc vnc-server wayland x11

Last synced: 21 Oct 2025

https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprpicker

A wlroots-compatible Wayland color picker that does not suck.

color picker wayland wlroots

Last synced: 28 Mar 2025

https://github.com/jakestanger/ironbar

Customisable Wayland gtk bar written in Rust.

bar desktop gtk gtk-layer-shell hyprland rust sway wayland wlroots

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/varmd/wine-wayland

Wine-wayland allows playing DX9/DX11 and Vulkan games using pure wayland and Wine/DXVK.

dxvk gaming linux vulkan wayland weston wine

Last synced: 03 Apr 2025

https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar

Customisable Wayland gtk bar written in Rust.

bar desktop gtk gtk-layer-shell hyprland rust sway wayland wlroots

Last synced: 01 Apr 2025

https://github.com/ErikReider/SwayOSD

A GTK based on screen display for keyboard shortcuts like caps-lock and volume

on-screen-display sway swaywm wayland

Last synced: 01 Apr 2025

https://github.com/alaingalvan/crosswindow

💻📱 A cross platform system abstraction library written in C++ for managing windows and performing OS tasks.

android cmake cocoa cross-platform emscripten ios linux macos main mir uikit uwp wayland webassembly win32 windows xcb xlib

Last synced: 13 Apr 2025

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