Awesome Wayland

A curated list of Wayland-rs resources. Please investigate these projects on your own before fully committing to them!

This repository is a fork of rcalixte/awesome-wayland for people only interested in software built with rust.

There are no current plans to apply to the project for inclusion.

Note

If you want to contribute, feel free to open a PR.

• To view even more awesome (archived) rust wayland projects, go here

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• SCOPE
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• BINDINGS
• BREAK NOTIFIERS
• BRIGHTNESS CONTROL
• CLIPBOARD MANAGERS
• COMPOSITORS
• DISPLAY CONFIGURATION
• EMULATION
• IMAGE VIEWING
• LAUNCHERS
• LIBRARIES
• NOTIFICATIONS
• ON-SCREEN KEYBOARDS
• REFERENCE APPLICATIONS
• SCREEN LOCKING
• SCREENCASTS
• SCREENSHOTS
• SESSION MANAGEMENT
• THEMING
• TOOLS
• WALLPAPER
• WIDGETS (BARS, PANELS, ETC.)

BINDINGS

These are language-specific bindings for use with Wayland development.

• None made from Rust

BREAK NOTIFIERS

• Ianny - Periodically informs user to take breaks by keeping track of usage patterns

BRIGHTNESS CONTROL

No 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.

• wluma - A tool for wlroots-based compositors that automatically adjust screen brightness based on screen contents and ambient light

CLIPBOARD MANAGERS

• clapboard - A clipboard manager with support for images and saved entries
• gemclip - A simple clipboard utility for Wayland implementing the wlr-data-control-unstable-v1 protocol

COMPOSITORS

• catacomb - A Wayland Mobile Compositor
• fht-compositor - A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor.
• fireplace - Modular wayland window manager written in rust
• Jay - A tiling Wayland compositor inspired by i3wm
• niri - A Smithay-based scrollable tiling Wayland compositor
• pinnacle - A Smithay-based Wayland compositor inspired by AwesomeWM

DISPLAY CONFIGURATION

• shikane - A wlroots-based dynamic output configuration tool similar to autorandr, usable on Wayland compositors supporting the wlr-output-management protocol
• wayout - A simple output management tool for wlroots-based compositors implementing wlr-output-management-unstable-v1

EMULATION

• None made from Rust

IMAGE VIEWING

• None made from Rust

LAUNCHERS

• Anyrun - A GTK-based Wayland-native launcher, customizable via CSS
• kickoff - A wlroots-based application launcher
• lucien - Lucien is a refined application launcher tailored for Linux users who demand a premium experience.
• sirula - A simple application launcher for Wayland
• waylauncher - A GTK-based application launcher implementing the gtk4-layer-shell protocol
• wldash - A dashboard, launcher, or control panel for Wayland, using the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol
• yofi - A minimalistic menu for Wayland-based compositors

LIBRARIES

• client-toolkit - A toolkit for writing Wayland clients in Rust
• smithay - A compositor library for Wayland

NOTIFICATIONS

• moxnotify - Feature-rich hardware-accelerated keyboard driven Wayland notification daemon.
• SwayOSD - A GTK-based OSD window for common actions like volume and Caps Lock

ON-SCREEN KEYBOARDS

• wkeys - An on-screen keyboard featuring a configurable layout and style for Wayland compositors supporting the gtk4-layer-shell protocol

REFERENCE APPLICATIONS

These are mainly for developers looking for example implementations.

• None made from Rust

SCREEN LOCKING

• cthulock - A Slint-based customizable screen-locker for Wayland compositors implementing the ext-session-lock-v1 protocol
• Shaderlock - A wlroots-based screen-locker for Wayland utilizing GPU shaders

SCREENCASTS

• Kooha - Minimalistic screen recorder for Wayland sessions implementing the org.freedesktop.impl.portal.ScreenCast protocol
• 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

SCREENSHOTS

• haruhishot - A screenshot utility for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 protocols
• Satty - A screenshot annotation tool inspired by Swappy and Flameshot
• shotman - A screenshot GUI for Wayland compositors implementing wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1, wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1, and single-pixel-buffer-v1 protocols
• 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

SESSION MANAGEMENT

• wleave - A Wayland-based logout menu implementing the gtk3-layer-shell protocol

THEMING

• None made from Rust

TOOLS

• lan-mouse - A mouse and keyboard sharing software
• Vigiland - An application implementing the idle-inhibit-unstable-v1 protocol
• waycorner - Hot corners for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the xdg-output-unstable-v1 protocol
• waylevel - A simple debugging tool which prints Wayland toplevels and other compositor specific information
• whisper-overlay - A tool providing speech-to-text functionality for Wayland compositors implementing virtual-keyboard-unstable-v1 and wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocols
• wlr-which-key - A keymap manager for wlroots-based Wayland compositors implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 protocol

WALLPAPER

• 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
• swww - An animated wallpaper daemon for Wayland, controlled at runtime and implementing the wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1 and xdg-output-unstable-v1 protocols
• wpaperd - A wallpaper daemon that shows random wallpapers from a directory and changes them after some time

WIDGETS (BARS, PANELS, ETC.)

• 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
• Eww - A standalone widget system that allows for implementing custom widgets in any window manager
• i3status-rust - A resource-friendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status
• 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
• way-edges - A lightweight application providing off-screen widgets hidden along the edges of the screen