A *box-style (minimalist) Wayland compositor modeled largely on Openbox (WIP)
The main goal of this project is to provide a similar feel to *box-style window managers but on Wayland
meson setup build
cd build
ninja
After that, you should have an executable as waybox/waybox
For those who don't want to use a Python-based build system, it's also possible to use muon instead of Meson.
Because *box-style compositors are minimalist, most functionality is left to external programs. As such, Waybox only functions as a box in which you can put whatever you need. Here are some useful programs to complement Waybox if you desire:
- Panel: You can use Waybar or yambar, similar to tint2 or fbpanel in Openbox or Fluxbox.
- Dock: You can use Cairo Dock just like you did on Openbox. There's also a port with Wayland-specific enhancements that you may want to try. A much more compact option is LavaLauncher, but it's much harder to configure.
- Wallpaper utility: There are various utilities to set your wallpaper, each with their own advantages, including wpaperd (can select a random wallpaper from a directory), swaybg (can set the background color as well well as a wallpaper), and hyprpaper (can change the wallpaper dynamically during runtime through IPC).
- Notification client: mako
- wl-clipboard: Access the clipboard in scripts (also used by neovim)
- Screenshots: grim and slurp
- Screen recording: wf-recorder
- Menu support: rofi-wayland
I can be found as wiz on Rizon and wizbright on Libera. Join #waybox for discussion
