A curated list of Wayland resources. Please investigate these projects on your own before fully committing to them!
This repository is a hard fork of natpen/awesome-wayland since it was archived on Oct. 17, 2023.
There are no current plans to apply to the 
project for inclusion.
[!NOTE] If you want to contribute, please read this.
[!IMPORTANT] The scope of this repository aims to capture applications, libraries, etc. that are designed to support the Wayland ecosystem. This does not include existing applications that have implemented support for Wayland or applications that only invoke Wayland-based applications. That list is being maintained at mpsq/arewewaylandyet which is the repository for arewewaylandyet.com. An updated list is also available at gianklug/wearewaylandnow which is the repository for wearewaylandnow.com.
These are language-specific bindings for use with Wayland development.
nayland - Wrappers for the libwayland library
odin-wayland - Bindings for creating Wayland clients
pywayland - A wrapper to the libwayland library
wlroots4j - Bindings for wlroots
Ianny - Periodically informs user to take breaks by keeping track of usage patternsNo Wayland-specific requirements, so you can use your Xorg solution of choice to control screen brightness, like brightnessctl, brillo, or just directly manipulate /sys/class/backlight.
Clight - Day/night gamma adjustments for Wayland compositors supporting 
wlr-gamma-control-unstable-v1; automatic screen backlight calibration to match ambient brightness using either webcam or ambient light sensor devices; screen dimming Gammastep - A day/night gamma modifier that adjusts the color temperature of the screen Luminance - A simple GTK application to control brightness of displays including external displays supporting DDC/CI wl-gammactl - A GTK application to set contrast, brightness, and gamma using the wlr-gamma-control protocol wlsunset - A day/night gamma adjustments for Wayland compositors supporting wlr-gamma-control-unstable-v1 and xdg-output-unstable-v1 protocols wluma - A tool for wlroots-based compositors that automatically adjust screen brightness based on screen contents and ambient light yabd - A simple brightness daemon compatible with Wayland compositors clapboard - A clipboard manager with support for images and saved entries
cliphist - A clipboard history manager for Wayland
clipward - A simple clipboard history manager implementing the ext-data-control-v1 protocol clipz - A simple clipboard history manager implementing the wlr-data-control-unstable-v1 protocol gemclip - A simple clipboard utility for Wayland implementing the wlr-data-control-unstable-v1 protocol wayclip - A Wayland clipboard utility implementing the wlr-data-control-unstable-v1 protocol wl-clipboard - Command-line copy/paste utilities for Wayland wlclipper - A wlroots-based clipboard manager with persistence and synchronization wlsnarf - A highly scriptable clipboard tool for wlroots-based compositors implementing the wlr-data-control-unstable-v1 protocol; includes a filesystem-based clipboard manager daemon with persistence Buzzay - A wlroots-based extensible Wayland compositor Cagebreak - A Wayland tiling compositor inspired by Ratpoison Cage - A Wayland compositor that runs a single application in maximized mode, particularly suitable for kiosk applications cosmic-comp - A Smithay-based Wayland compositor designed for the COSMIC desktop environment croissant - A wlroots-based stacking Wayland compositor CwC - A highly configurable wlroots-based tiling window manager, inspired by AwesomeWM doors - A Wayland compositor with floating, tiling, and scrolling layouts, inspired by bspwm dwl - A wlroots-based rewrite of DWM for Wayland fht-compositor - A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor fluxland - A lightweight Wayland compositor inspired by Fluxbox foxwhale - A tiling Wayland compositor based on wlroots Gabbia - A Wayland compositor inspired by Cage that runs a single application in maximized mode, particularly suitable for kiosk applications
gamescope - A wlroots-based Wayland compositor designed for SteamOS gogh - A lightweight Wayland compositor using Louvre
Greenfield - An HTML5 Wayland compositor that runs directly in the browser hikari - A wlroots-based stacking Wayland compositor with tiling capabilities, forked from the original hikari Hopalong - A simple Wayland compositor with a feature set comparable to XFWM Hyprland - A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks IonWL - A manual tiling Smithay-based Wayland compositor inspired by Ion3 Jay - A tiling Wayland compositor inspired by i3wm kawa - A wlroots-based Wayland compositor inspired by Plan 9's Rio kiwmi - A fully programmable Wayland compositor LabFyre - A wlroots-based modular stacking and tiling Wayland compositor, forked from labwc labwc - A wlroots-based stacking compositor for Wayland, inspired by openbox LaikaWM - A lightweight compositor for Wayland inspired by IceWM and Fluxbox Liri Shell - A convergent shell for desktops, phones, and tablets Magpie v1 - A wlroots-based Wayland compositor designed for the Budgie desktop environment 
mahogany - A StumpWM-like Wayland compositor mangowm - A dwl-inspired Wayland compositor with lightweight animations and customizable layouts marshmallow - A Wayland compositor with tablets and phones in mind Mezzaluna - A minimal wlroots-based Wayland compositor configured using Lua miracle-wm - A Mir-based tiling Wayland compositor Miriway - A Mir-based Wayland compositor musa - A Wayland compositor based on wlroots focusing on multiseat functionality newm-atha - A Wayland compositor written with laptops and touchpads in mind niri - A Smithay-based scrollable tiling Wayland compositor Nyctal - A tiny, minimal-dependency Wayland compositor
nylon-compositor - A minimal wlroots-based Wayland compositor PeachWM - A dwl-inspired wlroots-based Wayland tiling compositor pinnacle - A Smithay-based Wayland compositor inspired by AwesomeWM pudu - A minimal tiling Wayland compositor river-classic - A fork of river 0.3 intended for users who do not want river 0.4+ features and breaking changes river - A non-monolithic Wayland compositor scroll - A wlroots-based scrollable Wayland compositor forked from sway with a layout similar to PaperWM and niri stagen - An experimental wlroots-based Wayland compositor steppewm - A minimal stacking wlroots-based Wayland compositor inspired by IceWM SwayFX - Sway, but with eye candy sway - An i3-compatible Wayland compositor tiley - A customizable tiling Wayland compositor based on Louvre tinywl - A re-implementation of tinywl tinywl+ - A stacking Wayland compositor based on tinywl and a great starting place for compositor development treeland - A wlroots-based Wayland compositor also based on Qt Quick turtile - A simple and customizable wlroots-based tiling compositor vdwl - A standalone, minimalist wlroots-based Wayland compositor originally forked from dwl Vivarium - A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots, with desktop semantics inspired by xmonad volare - A tiling, tabbed Wayland compositor vwl - A simple wlroots-based Wayland compositor originally forked from dwl
vwm - A wlroots-based Wayland compositor Waybox - An openbox clone on Wayland Wayfire - A 3D wlroots-based Wayland compositor inspired by Compiz way-shell - A desktop shell based on GTK 4 for wlroots-based Wayland compositors wayward - A lightweight desktop shell compatible with Weston Weston - A Wayland compositor designed for correctness, reliability, predictability, and performance wio - A wlroots-based Wayland compositor inspired by Plan 9's Rio wless - A wlroots-based window-less Wayland compositor wlmaker - A Wayland compositor inspired by Window Maker Woodland - A minimal and lightweight wlroots-based stacking compositor, inspired by Wayfire and TinyWL xerium - A fast and lightweight Wayland compositor Kanshi - A dynamic display configuration tool for Wayland similar to autorandr, usable on Wayland compositors supporting the wlr-output-management protocol nwg-displays - An output management utility for sway and Hyprland, inspired by wdisplays and wlay shikane - A wlroots-based dynamic output configuration tool similar to autorandr, usable on Wayland compositors supporting the wlr-output-management protocol Wallutils - A set of utilities to handle monitors, resolutions, wallpapers, and timed wallpapers wayland-displays - A GUI and CLI tool for managing display outputs on wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-output-management-unstable-v1 protocol wayout - A simple output management tool for wlroots-based compositors implementing wlr-output-management-unstable-v1 wdisplays - A GUI application for configuring displays in wlroots-based compositors implementing the wlr-output-management-unstable-v1 protocol wlay - Graphical output management for Wayland wlr-randr - A utility to manage outputs of wlroots-based Wayland compositors, inspired by xrandr pbemu - A container-based approach to run PocketBook firmware on GNU/Linux Waydroid - A container-based approach to boot a full Android system on GNU/Linux Swayimg - An image viewer for Sway/Wayland Anyrun - A GTK-based Wayland-native launcher, customizable via CSS basket - A minimal application launcher for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol bemenu - A dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu diowapplauncher - A simple application launcher for Wayland compositors implementing the xdg-shell protocol diowmenu - A simple quick launch menu for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol dmenu-wayland - A wlroots-based dynamic menu for Wayland emenu - An efficient menu for wlroots-based Wayland compositors fuzzel - An application launcher for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, similar to rofi's drun mode gmenu - A desktop application launcher Hexecute - A gesture-based launcher for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol kickoff - A wlroots-based application launcher 
lambdock - A configurable dock implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol LavaLauncher - A simple launcher panel for Wayland desktops lawnch - A lightweight extensible launcher for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Mauncher - A GTK-based alternative to dmenu for Wayland which supports display scaling mew - A dmenu-like dynamic menu for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol mounch - A simple wofi/rofi launcher configured via YAML nwg-drawer - An application launcher for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol nwg-launchers - A GTK-based application grid launcher, button bar, and dmenu for Sway with a best effort for other Wayland environments nwg-menu - A simple menu implementing the gtk3-layer-shell protocol sirula - A simple application launcher for Wayland sysmenu - A simple program launcher for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol tofi - A dynamic menu replacement for dmenu or rofi for wlroots-based Wayland compositors walker - A GTK-based Wayland-native application runner waylauncher - A GTK-based application launcher implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol waypiedock - A launcher dock, in the shape of a pie, under the mouse wldash - A dashboard, launcher, or control panel for Wayland, using the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wmenu - A dynamic menu for Sway and wlroots-based compositors inspired by dmenu yofi - A minimalistic menu for Wayland-based compositors client-toolkit - A toolkit for writing Wayland clients in Rust glace - A GTK-based library that aids in the management of Wayland clients such as docks and desktop widgets gtk4-layer-shell - A library to create panels and other desktop components for Wayland using GTK 4 and the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol gtk-layer-shell - A library to create panels and other desktop components for Wayland using GTK 3 and the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol guile-wayland - A library that provides access to the Wayland protocol for applications written in GNU Guile Scheme layer-shell-qt - A Qt-based library to allow applications to use the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Louvre - A library designed for building Wayland compositors in C++ Mir - A set of libraries for building Wayland-based shells
ocaml-wayland - An implementation of the Wayland protocol in OCaml shimizu - A library for interfacing with the Wayland protocol shoyu - A framework for wlroots-based, GTK-based Wayland implementations smithay - A compositor library for Wayland swc - A small Wayland compositor implemented as a library Swingby - A small GUI library for Wayland client programming
wayland-dart - A Dart implementation of the Wayland client protocols waylib - A Wayland compositor development library based on wlroots and Qt Quick way-z - A client library and widget toolkit for wlroots-based Wayland applications written in Zig wink - A library for creating windows responsive to input events wld - A drawing library that targets Wayland wleaf - A C23 abstraction library for writing Wayland clients wlroots - Pluggable, composable, and unopinionated modules for building a Wayland compositor Wrapland - A Qt-based wrapper library for the libwayland client and server APIs zig-wlroots - Bindings to wlroots for Zig for developing Wayland compositors and clients
Avizo - A simple notification daemon, mainly intended to be used for multimedia keys dunst - A highly configurable and lightweight notification daemon fnott - A keyboard-driven and lightweight notification daemon for wlroots-based Wayland compositors histui - A themeable notification daemon with TUI and CLI options for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol luft - A lightweight notification daemon for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol mako - A lightweight notification daemon for Wayland implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol SwayNotificationCenter - A simple notification daemon with a GTK GUI for notifications and the control center implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol SwayOSD - A GTK-based OSD window for common actions like volume and Caps Lock Toffi - A Qt-based notification server for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wf-osk - A very, very basic on-screen keyboard using gtkmm and the virtual-keyboard-unstable-v1 and wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocols wkeys - An on-screen keyboard featuring a configurable layout and style for Wayland compositors supporting the gtk4-layer-shell protocol wshowkeys - Displays keypresses on screen on Wayland compositors supporting the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wvkbd - An on-screen keyboard for wlroots-based compositorsThese are mainly for developers looking for example implementations.
go-wayland - A basic implementation of the Wayland protocol vkwayland - A reference application for Vulkan and Wayland wayland-py - A pure Python implementation of a Wayland client zig-wayland - A basic implementation of the Wayland protocol for developing Wayland compositors and clients, including examples Anvilock - A simple screen-locker for Wayland compositors that support the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol btrlock - A fast and minimal screen-locker chayang - A screen dimmer that can be used to implement a grace period before locking the session cthulock - A Slint-based customizable screen-locker for Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol gtklock - A GTK-based lockscreen for wlroots-based Wayland compositors using the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-input-inhibitor Wayland protocols hypridle - A wlroots-based idle management daemon implementing the ext-idle-notify-v1 protocol hyprlock - A multi-threaded and GPU-accelerated screen locking utility for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols Shaderlock - A wlroots-based screen-locker for Wayland utilizing GPU shaders swayidle - An idle management daemon for Wayland which implements the ext-idle-notify-v1 protocol swaylock-effects - A fork of swaylock which adds, built-in screenshots, image manipulation, and various other effects like blurring swaylock - A screen locking utility for Wayland which implements the ext-idle-notify-v1 protocol protocol veila - A screen-locker for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol waylock - A small screen-locker for Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol wlgblock - An emulator-based screen-locker for Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol wlock - A simple screen-locker for Wayland compositors that support the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol Kooha - Minimalistic screen recorder for Wayland sessions implementing the org.freedesktop.impl.portal.ScreenCast protocol Lumina - A simple screen recorder for Wayland compositors implementing the ext-image-capture-source-v1, ext-image-copy-capture-v1, and xdg-output-unstable-v1 protocols ssr-wlroots - A fork of SimpleScreenRecorder with support for wlroots-based compositors (more specifically, those that support wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 and xdg-output-unstable-v1) - doesn't support recording area selection and has issues with multiple screens wayfarer - A screen recorder for GNOME/Wayland/PipeWire implementing the org.freedesktop.impl.portal.ScreenCast protocol wf-recorder - A utility program for screen recording of wlroots-based compositors (more specifically, those that support wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 and xdg-output-unstable-v1) wl-mirror - A simple Wayland output mirror client wlrobs - A plugin for OBS Studio that allows screen capture on wlroots-based Wayland compositors wl-screenrec - A screen recorder for wlroots-based Wayland compositors leveraging DMA-BUF and the DRM and implementing the wlr-output-management-unstable-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols cullpp - A minimal wlroots-based region selector implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol dulcepan - A screenshot tool for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols grabit - A screenshot, screen-recording, and OCR tool for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-data-control-unstable-v1, wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1, and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols grim - Grab images from a Wayland compositor haruhishot - A screenshot utility for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols samurai-select - A screen selection tool for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 Satty - A screenshot annotation tool inspired by Swappy and Flameshot Seto - A hardware-accelerated and keyboard-driven screen selection tool implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol shotman - A screenshot GUI for Wayland compositors implementing wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1, wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1, and single-pixel-buffer-v1 protocols slurp - Select a region in a Wayland compositor and print it to the standard output sneemok - A screenshot annotation tool for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol still - A tool that freezes the screen until a provided command exits for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols swappy - A Wayland-native snapshot editing tool, inspired by Snappy on macOS Taiga - An animated screenshot program for wlroots-based Wayland compositors Watershot - A simple Wayland-native screenshot tool inspired by Flameshot Wayshot - A screenshot tool for wlroots-based compositors implementing wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 waysip - An area selector for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Weye - A lightweight screenshot tool for sway users nwg-bar - A Wayland-based logout menu implementing the gtk3-layer-shell protocol SwayAudioIdleInhibit - Prevents swayidle from sleeping while any application is outputting or receiving audio, implementing the idle-inhibit-unstable-v1 protocol wleave - A Wayland-based logout menu implementing the gtk3-layer-shell protocol wlogout - A Wayland-based logout menu nwg-look - A GTK 3 settings editor designed to work properly in a wlroots-based environment clipcell - A clipboard manager with support for text and image preview for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol dd99 Wayland Library - A Wayland protocol scanner Door Knocker - A simple tool to check the availability of XDG portals in a running session hyprpicker - A wlroots-compatible Wayland color picker lan-mouse - A mouse and keyboard sharing software ls-wayland - List the Wayland global environment lswt - List Wayland toplevels in both human readable and machine parsable formats via the wlr-foreign-toplevel-management-unstable-v1 protocol Meadhall - A Wayland utilities daemon designed to centralize communication miru - A Wayland-native screen magnifier implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols inspired by boomer randfall - A collection of Wayland clients to check how a compositor handles unusual client behavior scenefx - A drop-in replacement for the wlroots scene-graph API that allows Wayland compositors to render surfaces with eye-candy effects sway-fader - A tool that can be used to control transparency for focus and window events Vigiland - An application implementing the idle-inhibit-unstable-v1 protocol Waycheck - A simple application that displays all of the Wayland protocols supported and unsupported by the running compositor waycorner - Hot corners for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the xdg-output-unstable-v1 protocol waydapt - A Wayland compositor protocol adapter that can proxy or filter communication between a compositor and one or more clients wayland-debug - A command-line tool for debugging Wayland clients and servers wayland-display-info - A lightweight user daemon that monitors Wayland outputs via the wlr-output-management-unstable-v1 protocol waylevel - A simple debugging tool which prints Wayland toplevels and other compositor specific information waynergy - An implementation of a synergy client for Wayland compositors waypipe - A proxy for Wayland clients enabling application forwarding similar to ssh -X wayprompt - A multi-purpose prompt tool for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wayvnc - A VNC server for wlroots-based Wayland compositors wev - A tool for debugging events on a Wayland window, analogous to the X11 tool xev whisper-overlay - A tool providing speech-to-text functionality for Wayland compositors implementing virtual-keyboard-unstable-v1 and wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocols windowtolayer - A tool that individually transforms existing Wayland clients using the xdg-shell protocol into clients that use wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 instead to render as a wallpaper wlcs - A protocol-conformance-verifying test suite usable by Wayland compositor implementors wledges - A tool for managing screen edges on wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol wl-kbptr - A utility to help move the mouse pointer with the keyboard implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-virtual-pointer-unstable-v1 protocols wlopm - A Wayland output power management tool implementing the wlr-output-power-management-unstable-v1 protocol wlosd - An on-screen display for Wayland compositors implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol wlprobe - A utility for displaying information about the protocols supported by a Wayland compositor in a JSON format wlr-board - A lightweight key overlay for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wlrctl - A command-line utility for miscellaneous wlroots-based Wayland extensions, supporting the wlr-foreign-toplevel-management-unstable-v1, virtual-keyboard-unstable-v1, and wlr-virtual-pointer-unstable-v1 protocols wlr-which-key - A keymap manager for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wtype - A Wayland tool that allows keyboard input simulation like xdotool xwayland-run - A set of utilities revolving around running Xwayland and various Wayland compositors headless ydotool - A generic Linux command-line automation tool awww - An animated wallpaper daemon for Wayland, controlled at runtime and implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and xdg-output-unstable-v1 protocols Azote - A GTK 3-based picture browser and background setter supporting all wlroots-based Wayland compositors beanbag - A lightweight wallpaper application designed for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol btrbg - A basic wallpaper application for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol glshell - A shader display implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol that can be used to create a simple overlay for a Wayland compositor, a status bar, or a wallpaper Hyprpaper - A wallpaper utility with the ability to dynamically change wallpapers supporting all wlroots-based compositors livebg - A shader-based live wallpaper application for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol mpvpaper - A video wallpaper program for wlroots-based Wayland compositors neowall - A shader-based GPU-accelerated wallpaper engine for Wayland compositors implementing either the kde-plasma-shell or wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocols rwpspread - A multi-monitor wallpaper utility spanning input wallpapers across all monitors, supporting Wayland compositors implementing xdg-output-unstable-v1 with integrations for wpaperd, swaybg, hyprpaper, swaylock, and hyprlock swaybg - A wallpaper utility for Wayland compositors implementing the wl_output version 4 and wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocols Wallutils - A set of utilities to manage monitors, resolutions, wallpapers and timed wallpapers waul - A minimalistic wallpaper daemon for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wawa - A wallpaper setter for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Waypaper - A GUI frontend for swaybg/swww to switch wallpapers wbg - A simple wallpaper application for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wpaperd - A wallpaper daemon that shows random wallpapers from a directory and changes them after some time yin - An efficient animated wallpaper daemon for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol
ags - A standalone library for creating GTK-based widgets animation-speech - A configurable transparent speech animation overlay for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and gtk3-layer-shell protocols Astal - A framework for creating GTK-based widgets for use with Wayland compositors beanclock - A simple clock overlay for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol chocobar - A simple status bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors creek - A dwm-inspired fork of levee and minimalist status bar for the river-classic compositor designed to be more malleable by allowing arbitrary text rather than built-in modules dam - A small status bar designed for river-classic and wlroots-based Wayland compositors deburr - A dwm-like status bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors diowpanel - A simple panel for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol diowwindowlist - A simple GUI application for listing and activating the currently opened toplevels (application windows) in wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-foreign-toplevel-management-unstable-v1 and wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocols Dvvidget - A widget system for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and gtk4-layer-shell protocols dynisland - An extensible bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol ergo - A minimal status bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Eww - A standalone widget system that allows for implementing custom widgets in any window manager fabric - A GTK-based desktop widget framework gBar - A status bar written with GTK Hybridbar - A top panel forked from wingpanel for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol i3status-rust - A resource-friendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status ignis - A widget system based on GTK 4 for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Ironbar - A customizable and feature-rich GTK bar for wlroots-based compositors kitshell - A Flutter-based panel for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol labline - A status panel for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and ext-workspace-v1 protocols levee - A status bar for the river Wayland compositor, providing support for workspace tags, volume, battery capacity, and screen brightness via built-in modules nwg-panel - A GTK 3-based panel for Wayland compositors nwg-wrapper - A simple text-based wrapper that displays script or file output on the desktop of wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and gtk3-layer-shell protocols Root Bar - A bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors such as sway SFWBar - A flexible taskbar application for Wayland compositors, designed with a stacking layout in mind sysbar - A modular status bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol syshud - A system status indicator for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol Tsumiki - A Fabric-based modular status bar for Hyprland walrus-bar - A status bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Wapanel - A simple panel/status bar/task bar for stacking Wayland-based desktops Waybar - A highly customizable bar for Sway and wlroots-based compositors way-edges - A lightweight application providing off-screen widgets hidden along the edges of the screen wayloadmon - A load monitor widget for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wlclock - An analog clock for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wl_shimeji - A widget overlay for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wob - A lightweight overlay volume/backlight/progress/anything bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wtw - A simple text widget for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol YaGoStatus - A replacement for i3status zbar - A simple status bar for dwl implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and dwl-ipc-unstable-v2 protocols zenway - A sway bar alternative that overlays on top of workspacesA number of window managers for Wayland are being developed using the river-window-management-v1 protocol. That list is being maintained within River's wiki.
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A curated list of Wayland resources. Please investigate these projects on your own before fully committing to them!
This repository is a hard fork of natpen/awesome-wayland since it was archived on Oct. 17, 2023.
There are no current plans to apply to the project for inclusion.
[!NOTE] If you want to contribute, please read this.
[!IMPORTANT] The scope of this repository aims to capture applications, libraries, etc. that are designed to support the Wayland ecosystem. This does not include existing applications that have implemented support for Wayland or applications that only invoke Wayland-based applications. That list is being maintained at mpsq/arewewaylandyet which is the repository for arewewaylandyet.com. An updated list is also available at gianklug/wearewaylandnow which is the repository for wearewaylandnow.com.
These are language-specific bindings for use with Wayland development.
nayland - Wrappers for the libwayland library odin-wayland - Bindings for creating Wayland clients pywayland - A wrapper to the libwayland library wlroots4j - Bindings for wlroots Ianny - Periodically informs user to take breaks by keeping track of usage patternsNo Wayland-specific requirements, so you can use your Xorg solution of choice to control screen brightness, like brightnessctl, brillo, or just directly manipulate /sys/class/backlight.
Clight - Day/night gamma adjustments for Wayland compositors supporting 
wlr-gamma-control-unstable-v1; automatic screen backlight calibration to match ambient brightness using either webcam or ambient light sensor devices; screen dimming Gammastep - A day/night gamma modifier that adjusts the color temperature of the screen Luminance - A simple GTK application to control brightness of displays including external displays supporting DDC/CI wl-gammactl - A GTK application to set contrast, brightness, and gamma using the wlr-gamma-control protocol wlsunset - A day/night gamma adjustments for Wayland compositors supporting wlr-gamma-control-unstable-v1 and xdg-output-unstable-v1 protocols wluma - A tool for wlroots-based compositors that automatically adjust screen brightness based on screen contents and ambient light yabd - A simple brightness daemon compatible with Wayland compositors clapboard - A clipboard manager with support for images and saved entries cliphist - A clipboard history manager for Wayland clipward - A simple clipboard history manager implementing the ext-data-control-v1 protocol clipz - A simple clipboard history manager implementing the wlr-data-control-unstable-v1 protocol gemclip - A simple clipboard utility for Wayland implementing the wlr-data-control-unstable-v1 protocol wayclip - A Wayland clipboard utility implementing the wlr-data-control-unstable-v1 protocol wl-clipboard - Command-line copy/paste utilities for Wayland wlclipper - A wlroots-based clipboard manager with persistence and synchronization wlsnarf - A highly scriptable clipboard tool for wlroots-based compositors implementing the wlr-data-control-unstable-v1 protocol; includes a filesystem-based clipboard manager daemon with persistence Buzzay - A wlroots-based extensible Wayland compositor Cagebreak - A Wayland tiling compositor inspired by Ratpoison Cage - A Wayland compositor that runs a single application in maximized mode, particularly suitable for kiosk applications cosmic-comp - A Smithay-based Wayland compositor designed for the COSMIC desktop environment croissant - A wlroots-based stacking Wayland compositor CwC - A highly configurable wlroots-based tiling window manager, inspired by AwesomeWM doors - A Wayland compositor with floating, tiling, and scrolling layouts, inspired by bspwm dwl - A wlroots-based rewrite of DWM for Wayland fht-compositor - A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor fluxland - A lightweight Wayland compositor inspired by Fluxbox foxwhale - A tiling Wayland compositor based on wlroots Gabbia - A Wayland compositor inspired by Cage that runs a single application in maximized mode, particularly suitable for kiosk applications gamescope - A wlroots-based Wayland compositor designed for SteamOS gogh - A lightweight Wayland compositor using Louvre Greenfield - An HTML5 Wayland compositor that runs directly in the browser hikari - A wlroots-based stacking Wayland compositor with tiling capabilities, forked from the original hikari Hopalong - A simple Wayland compositor with a feature set comparable to XFWM Hyprland - A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks IonWL - A manual tiling Smithay-based Wayland compositor inspired by Ion3 Jay - A tiling Wayland compositor inspired by i3wm kawa - A wlroots-based Wayland compositor inspired by Plan 9's Rio kiwmi - A fully programmable Wayland compositor LabFyre - A wlroots-based modular stacking and tiling Wayland compositor, forked from labwc labwc - A wlroots-based stacking compositor for Wayland, inspired by openbox LaikaWM - A lightweight compositor for Wayland inspired by IceWM and Fluxbox Liri Shell - A convergent shell for desktops, phones, and tablets Magpie v1 - A wlroots-based Wayland compositor designed for the Budgie desktop environment mahogany - A StumpWM-like Wayland compositor mangowm - A dwl-inspired Wayland compositor with lightweight animations and customizable layouts marshmallow - A Wayland compositor with tablets and phones in mind Mezzaluna - A minimal wlroots-based Wayland compositor configured using Lua miracle-wm - A Mir-based tiling Wayland compositor Miriway - A Mir-based Wayland compositor musa - A Wayland compositor based on wlroots focusing on multiseat functionality newm-atha - A Wayland compositor written with laptops and touchpads in mind niri - A Smithay-based scrollable tiling Wayland compositor Nyctal - A tiny, minimal-dependency Wayland compositor nylon-compositor - A minimal wlroots-based Wayland compositor PeachWM - A dwl-inspired wlroots-based Wayland tiling compositor pinnacle - A Smithay-based Wayland compositor inspired by AwesomeWM pudu - A minimal tiling Wayland compositor river-classic - A fork of river 0.3 intended for users who do not want river 0.4+ features and breaking changes river - A non-monolithic Wayland compositor scroll - A wlroots-based scrollable Wayland compositor forked from sway with a layout similar to PaperWM and niri stagen - An experimental wlroots-based Wayland compositor steppewm - A minimal stacking wlroots-based Wayland compositor inspired by IceWM SwayFX - Sway, but with eye candy sway - An i3-compatible Wayland compositor tiley - A customizable tiling Wayland compositor based on Louvre tinywl - A re-implementation of tinywl tinywl+ - A stacking Wayland compositor based on tinywl and a great starting place for compositor development treeland - A wlroots-based Wayland compositor also based on Qt Quick turtile - A simple and customizable wlroots-based tiling compositor vdwl - A standalone, minimalist wlroots-based Wayland compositor originally forked from dwl Vivarium - A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots, with desktop semantics inspired by xmonad volare - A tiling, tabbed Wayland compositor vwl - A simple wlroots-based Wayland compositor originally forked from dwl vwm - A wlroots-based Wayland compositor Waybox - An openbox clone on Wayland Wayfire - A 3D wlroots-based Wayland compositor inspired by Compiz way-shell - A desktop shell based on GTK 4 for wlroots-based Wayland compositors wayward - A lightweight desktop shell compatible with Weston Weston - A Wayland compositor designed for correctness, reliability, predictability, and performance wio - A wlroots-based Wayland compositor inspired by Plan 9's Rio wless - A wlroots-based window-less Wayland compositor wlmaker - A Wayland compositor inspired by Window Maker Woodland - A minimal and lightweight wlroots-based stacking compositor, inspired by Wayfire and TinyWL xerium - A fast and lightweight Wayland compositor Kanshi - A dynamic display configuration tool for Wayland similar to autorandr, usable on Wayland compositors supporting the wlr-output-management protocol nwg-displays - An output management utility for sway and Hyprland, inspired by wdisplays and wlay shikane - A wlroots-based dynamic output configuration tool similar to autorandr, usable on Wayland compositors supporting the wlr-output-management protocol Wallutils - A set of utilities to handle monitors, resolutions, wallpapers, and timed wallpapers wayland-displays - A GUI and CLI tool for managing display outputs on wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-output-management-unstable-v1 protocol wayout - A simple output management tool for wlroots-based compositors implementing wlr-output-management-unstable-v1 wdisplays - A GUI application for configuring displays in wlroots-based compositors implementing the wlr-output-management-unstable-v1 protocol wlay - Graphical output management for Wayland wlr-randr - A utility to manage outputs of wlroots-based Wayland compositors, inspired by xrandr pbemu - A container-based approach to run PocketBook firmware on GNU/Linux Waydroid - A container-based approach to boot a full Android system on GNU/Linux Swayimg - An image viewer for Sway/Wayland Anyrun - A GTK-based Wayland-native launcher, customizable via CSS basket - A minimal application launcher for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol bemenu - A dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu diowapplauncher - A simple application launcher for Wayland compositors implementing the xdg-shell protocol diowmenu - A simple quick launch menu for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol dmenu-wayland - A wlroots-based dynamic menu for Wayland emenu - An efficient menu for wlroots-based Wayland compositors fuzzel - An application launcher for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, similar to rofi's drun mode gmenu - A desktop application launcher Hexecute - A gesture-based launcher for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol kickoff - A wlroots-based application launcher lambdock - A configurable dock implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol LavaLauncher - A simple launcher panel for Wayland desktops lawnch - A lightweight extensible launcher for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Mauncher - A GTK-based alternative to dmenu for Wayland which supports display scaling mew - A dmenu-like dynamic menu for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol mounch - A simple wofi/rofi launcher configured via YAML nwg-drawer - An application launcher for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol nwg-launchers - A GTK-based application grid launcher, button bar, and dmenu for Sway with a best effort for other Wayland environments nwg-menu - A simple menu implementing the gtk3-layer-shell protocol sirula - A simple application launcher for Wayland sysmenu - A simple program launcher for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol tofi - A dynamic menu replacement for dmenu or rofi for wlroots-based Wayland compositors walker - A GTK-based Wayland-native application runner waylauncher - A GTK-based application launcher implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol waypiedock - A launcher dock, in the shape of a pie, under the mouse wldash - A dashboard, launcher, or control panel for Wayland, using the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wmenu - A dynamic menu for Sway and wlroots-based compositors inspired by dmenu yofi - A minimalistic menu for Wayland-based compositors client-toolkit - A toolkit for writing Wayland clients in Rust glace - A GTK-based library that aids in the management of Wayland clients such as docks and desktop widgets gtk4-layer-shell - A library to create panels and other desktop components for Wayland using GTK 4 and the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol gtk-layer-shell - A library to create panels and other desktop components for Wayland using GTK 3 and the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol guile-wayland - A library that provides access to the Wayland protocol for applications written in GNU Guile Scheme layer-shell-qt - A Qt-based library to allow applications to use the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Louvre - A library designed for building Wayland compositors in C++ Mir - A set of libraries for building Wayland-based shells ocaml-wayland - An implementation of the Wayland protocol in OCaml shimizu - A library for interfacing with the Wayland protocol shoyu - A framework for wlroots-based, GTK-based Wayland implementations smithay - A compositor library for Wayland swc - A small Wayland compositor implemented as a library Swingby - A small GUI library for Wayland client programming wayland-dart - A Dart implementation of the Wayland client protocols waylib - A Wayland compositor development library based on wlroots and Qt Quick way-z - A client library and widget toolkit for wlroots-based Wayland applications written in Zig wink - A library for creating windows responsive to input events wld - A drawing library that targets Wayland wleaf - A C23 abstraction library for writing Wayland clients wlroots - Pluggable, composable, and unopinionated modules for building a Wayland compositor Wrapland - A Qt-based wrapper library for the libwayland client and server APIs zig-wlroots - Bindings to wlroots for Zig for developing Wayland compositors and clients Avizo - A simple notification daemon, mainly intended to be used for multimedia keys dunst - A highly configurable and lightweight notification daemon fnott - A keyboard-driven and lightweight notification daemon for wlroots-based Wayland compositors histui - A themeable notification daemon with TUI and CLI options for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol luft - A lightweight notification daemon for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol mako - A lightweight notification daemon for Wayland implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol SwayNotificationCenter - A simple notification daemon with a GTK GUI for notifications and the control center implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol SwayOSD - A GTK-based OSD window for common actions like volume and Caps Lock Toffi - A Qt-based notification server for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wf-osk - A very, very basic on-screen keyboard using gtkmm and the virtual-keyboard-unstable-v1 and wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocols wkeys - An on-screen keyboard featuring a configurable layout and style for Wayland compositors supporting the gtk4-layer-shell protocol wshowkeys - Displays keypresses on screen on Wayland compositors supporting the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wvkbd - An on-screen keyboard for wlroots-based compositorsThese are mainly for developers looking for example implementations.
go-wayland - A basic implementation of the Wayland protocol vkwayland - A reference application for Vulkan and Wayland wayland-py - A pure Python implementation of a Wayland client zig-wayland - A basic implementation of the Wayland protocol for developing Wayland compositors and clients, including examples Anvilock - A simple screen-locker for Wayland compositors that support the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol btrlock - A fast and minimal screen-locker chayang - A screen dimmer that can be used to implement a grace period before locking the session cthulock - A Slint-based customizable screen-locker for Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol gtklock - A GTK-based lockscreen for wlroots-based Wayland compositors using the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-input-inhibitor Wayland protocols hypridle - A wlroots-based idle management daemon implementing the ext-idle-notify-v1 protocol hyprlock - A multi-threaded and GPU-accelerated screen locking utility for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols Shaderlock - A wlroots-based screen-locker for Wayland utilizing GPU shaders swayidle - An idle management daemon for Wayland which implements the ext-idle-notify-v1 protocol swaylock-effects - A fork of swaylock which adds, built-in screenshots, image manipulation, and various other effects like blurring swaylock - A screen locking utility for Wayland which implements the ext-idle-notify-v1 protocol protocol veila - A screen-locker for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol waylock - A small screen-locker for Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol wlgblock - An emulator-based screen-locker for Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol wlock - A simple screen-locker for Wayland compositors that support the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol Kooha - Minimalistic screen recorder for Wayland sessions implementing the org.freedesktop.impl.portal.ScreenCast protocol Lumina - A simple screen recorder for Wayland compositors implementing the ext-image-capture-source-v1, ext-image-copy-capture-v1, and xdg-output-unstable-v1 protocols ssr-wlroots - A fork of SimpleScreenRecorder with support for wlroots-based compositors (more specifically, those that support wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 and xdg-output-unstable-v1) - doesn't support recording area selection and has issues with multiple screens wayfarer - A screen recorder for GNOME/Wayland/PipeWire implementing the org.freedesktop.impl.portal.ScreenCast protocol wf-recorder - A utility program for screen recording of wlroots-based compositors (more specifically, those that support wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 and xdg-output-unstable-v1) wl-mirror - A simple Wayland output mirror client wlrobs - A plugin for OBS Studio that allows screen capture on wlroots-based Wayland compositors wl-screenrec - A screen recorder for wlroots-based Wayland compositors leveraging DMA-BUF and the DRM and implementing the wlr-output-management-unstable-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols cullpp - A minimal wlroots-based region selector implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol dulcepan - A screenshot tool for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols grabit - A screenshot, screen-recording, and OCR tool for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-data-control-unstable-v1, wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1, and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols grim - Grab images from a Wayland compositor haruhishot - A screenshot utility for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols samurai-select - A screen selection tool for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 Satty - A screenshot annotation tool inspired by Swappy and Flameshot Seto - A hardware-accelerated and keyboard-driven screen selection tool implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol shotman - A screenshot GUI for Wayland compositors implementing wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1, wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1, and single-pixel-buffer-v1 protocols slurp - Select a region in a Wayland compositor and print it to the standard output sneemok - A screenshot annotation tool for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol still - A tool that freezes the screen until a provided command exits for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols swappy - A Wayland-native snapshot editing tool, inspired by Snappy on macOS Taiga - An animated screenshot program for wlroots-based Wayland compositors Watershot - A simple Wayland-native screenshot tool inspired by Flameshot Wayshot - A screenshot tool for wlroots-based compositors implementing wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 waysip - An area selector for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Weye - A lightweight screenshot tool for sway users nwg-bar - A Wayland-based logout menu implementing the gtk3-layer-shell protocol SwayAudioIdleInhibit - Prevents swayidle from sleeping while any application is outputting or receiving audio, implementing the idle-inhibit-unstable-v1 protocol wleave - A Wayland-based logout menu implementing the gtk3-layer-shell protocol wlogout - A Wayland-based logout menu nwg-look - A GTK 3 settings editor designed to work properly in a wlroots-based environment clipcell - A clipboard manager with support for text and image preview for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol dd99 Wayland Library - A Wayland protocol scanner Door Knocker - A simple tool to check the availability of XDG portals in a running session hyprpicker - A wlroots-compatible Wayland color picker lan-mouse - A mouse and keyboard sharing software ls-wayland - List the Wayland global environment lswt - List Wayland toplevels in both human readable and machine parsable formats via the wlr-foreign-toplevel-management-unstable-v1 protocol Meadhall - A Wayland utilities daemon designed to centralize communication miru - A Wayland-native screen magnifier implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols inspired by boomer randfall - A collection of Wayland clients to check how a compositor handles unusual client behavior scenefx - A drop-in replacement for the wlroots scene-graph API that allows Wayland compositors to render surfaces with eye-candy effects sway-fader - A tool that can be used to control transparency for focus and window events Vigiland - An application implementing the idle-inhibit-unstable-v1 protocol Waycheck - A simple application that displays all of the Wayland protocols supported and unsupported by the running compositor waycorner - Hot corners for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the xdg-output-unstable-v1 protocol waydapt - A Wayland compositor protocol adapter that can proxy or filter communication between a compositor and one or more clients wayland-debug - A command-line tool for debugging Wayland clients and servers wayland-display-info - A lightweight user daemon that monitors Wayland outputs via the wlr-output-management-unstable-v1 protocol waylevel - A simple debugging tool which prints Wayland toplevels and other compositor specific information waynergy - An implementation of a synergy client for Wayland compositors waypipe - A proxy for Wayland clients enabling application forwarding similar to ssh -X wayprompt - A multi-purpose prompt tool for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wayvnc - A VNC server for wlroots-based Wayland compositors wev - A tool for debugging events on a Wayland window, analogous to the X11 tool xev whisper-overlay - A tool providing speech-to-text functionality for Wayland compositors implementing virtual-keyboard-unstable-v1 and wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocols windowtolayer - A tool that individually transforms existing Wayland clients using the xdg-shell protocol into clients that use wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 instead to render as a wallpaper wlcs - A protocol-conformance-verifying test suite usable by Wayland compositor implementors wledges - A tool for managing screen edges on wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol wl-kbptr - A utility to help move the mouse pointer with the keyboard implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-virtual-pointer-unstable-v1 protocols wlopm - A Wayland output power management tool implementing the wlr-output-power-management-unstable-v1 protocol wlosd - An on-screen display for Wayland compositors implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol wlprobe - A utility for displaying information about the protocols supported by a Wayland compositor in a JSON format wlr-board - A lightweight key overlay for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wlrctl - A command-line utility for miscellaneous wlroots-based Wayland extensions, supporting the wlr-foreign-toplevel-management-unstable-v1, virtual-keyboard-unstable-v1, and wlr-virtual-pointer-unstable-v1 protocols wlr-which-key - A keymap manager for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wtype - A Wayland tool that allows keyboard input simulation like xdotool xwayland-run - A set of utilities revolving around running Xwayland and various Wayland compositors headless ydotool - A generic Linux command-line automation tool awww - An animated wallpaper daemon for Wayland, controlled at runtime and implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and xdg-output-unstable-v1 protocols Azote - A GTK 3-based picture browser and background setter supporting all wlroots-based Wayland compositors beanbag - A lightweight wallpaper application designed for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol btrbg - A basic wallpaper application for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol glshell - A shader display implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol that can be used to create a simple overlay for a Wayland compositor, a status bar, or a wallpaper Hyprpaper - A wallpaper utility with the ability to dynamically change wallpapers supporting all wlroots-based compositors livebg - A shader-based live wallpaper application for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol mpvpaper - A video wallpaper program for wlroots-based Wayland compositors neowall - A shader-based GPU-accelerated wallpaper engine for Wayland compositors implementing either the kde-plasma-shell or wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocols rwpspread - A multi-monitor wallpaper utility spanning input wallpapers across all monitors, supporting Wayland compositors implementing xdg-output-unstable-v1 with integrations for wpaperd, swaybg, hyprpaper, swaylock, and hyprlock swaybg - A wallpaper utility for Wayland compositors implementing the wl_output version 4 and wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocols Wallutils - A set of utilities to manage monitors, resolutions, wallpapers and timed wallpapers waul - A minimalistic wallpaper daemon for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wawa - A wallpaper setter for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Waypaper - A GUI frontend for swaybg/swww to switch wallpapers wbg - A simple wallpaper application for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wpaperd - A wallpaper daemon that shows random wallpapers from a directory and changes them after some time yin - An efficient animated wallpaper daemon for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol ags - A standalone library for creating GTK-based widgets animation-speech - A configurable transparent speech animation overlay for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and gtk3-layer-shell protocols Astal - A framework for creating GTK-based widgets for use with Wayland compositors beanclock - A simple clock overlay for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol chocobar - A simple status bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors creek - A dwm-inspired fork of levee and minimalist status bar for the river-classic compositor designed to be more malleable by allowing arbitrary text rather than built-in modules dam - A small status bar designed for river-classic and wlroots-based Wayland compositors deburr - A dwm-like status bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors diowpanel - A simple panel for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol diowwindowlist - A simple GUI application for listing and activating the currently opened toplevels (application windows) in wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-foreign-toplevel-management-unstable-v1 and wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocols Dvvidget - A widget system for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and gtk4-layer-shell protocols dynisland - An extensible bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol ergo - A minimal status bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Eww - A standalone widget system that allows for implementing custom widgets in any window manager fabric - A GTK-based desktop widget framework gBar - A status bar written with GTK Hybridbar - A top panel forked from wingpanel for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol i3status-rust - A resource-friendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status ignis - A widget system based on GTK 4 for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Ironbar - A customizable and feature-rich GTK bar for wlroots-based compositors kitshell - A Flutter-based panel for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol labline - A status panel for Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and ext-workspace-v1 protocols levee - A status bar for the river Wayland compositor, providing support for workspace tags, volume, battery capacity, and screen brightness via built-in modules nwg-panel - A GTK 3-based panel for Wayland compositors nwg-wrapper - A simple text-based wrapper that displays script or file output on the desktop of wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and gtk3-layer-shell protocols Root Bar - A bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors such as sway SFWBar - A flexible taskbar application for Wayland compositors, designed with a stacking layout in mind sysbar - A modular status bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol syshud - A system status indicator for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol Tsumiki - A Fabric-based modular status bar for Hyprland walrus-bar - A status bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol Wapanel - A simple panel/status bar/task bar for stacking Wayland-based desktops Waybar - A highly customizable bar for Sway and wlroots-based compositors way-edges - A lightweight application providing off-screen widgets hidden along the edges of the screen wayloadmon - A load monitor widget for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wlclock - An analog clock for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wl_shimeji - A widget overlay for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wob - A lightweight overlay volume/backlight/progress/anything bar for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol wtw - A simple text widget for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol YaGoStatus - A replacement for i3status zbar - A simple status bar for dwl implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and dwl-ipc-unstable-v2 protocols zenway - A sway bar alternative that overlays on top of workspacesA number of window managers for Wayland are being developed using the river-window-management-v1 protocol. That list is being maintained within River's wiki.
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