eww
ElKowars wacky widgets (by elkowar)
wayland-rs
Rust implementation of the wayland protocol (client and server). (by Smithay)
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| eww | wayland-rs | |
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| 115 | 5 | |
| 8,397 | 967 | |
| - | 3.4% | |
| 8.1 | 8.3 | |
| 9 days ago | 5 days ago | |
| Rust | Rust | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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eww
Posts with mentions or reviews of eww.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-23.
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Widgets: which are the alternatives?
I'm trying to get the most out of my OS (Arch with X11 and Awesomewm), but I'm stuck with the widgets. I would like to create/use some utilities like an interactive calendar, small TODO list, dropdown menu, etc. but using the awesomewm widgets is too difficult and limiting. I found eww but it seems as difficult as the former widgets.
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eww fails to compile
Reported and closed upstream: https://github.com/elkowar/eww/issues/712
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How do I autostart Eww bar inside the hyprland.conf file?
The reason, why eww would not start, is because i compiled it myself with rustup according to the official documentation (https://elkowar.github.io/eww/) and not by the AUR. After installing it with the AUR it workes in Hyprland. So in conclustion: If you wanna use Eww on Hyprland, use the AUR method and not the method on the Docs!
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Sway/workspace by Eww
Are you as mystified as me? I'll save you the google search: eww is Elkowars Wacky Widgets a standalone widget system made in Rust that allows you to implement your own, custom widgets in any window manager.
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Eww is hard :(
Well actually there is https://elkowar.github.io/eww. I used it to make my config and also looked at other configs.
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changing profiles
I'm guessing one could use [eww](https://elkowar.github.io/eww/) to create buttons/widgets. And the buttons could dispatch commands to any of the wallpaper/theme changing applications to actually execute the change.
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Get workspaces information (to integrate with Eww)?
I'd like to get informations from xmonad on all the currently active workspaces and which one is the current workspace. Possibly I'd like to format that information into a JSON object for better integration with Eww, which I'm using as a status bar.
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How to get the groups in use via the Command-API
Hi all, I'm trying to configure a bar with eww (https://github.com/elkowar/eww) and I' stuck getting the workspace widget to work.
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calendar
No, as far as I know. I personally use eww and toggle a calendar when clicking on a time widget. I'm using the config in this repo
- Does anyone know how to build this with EWW?This is an awesome wm rice, actually,but I can't figure out how to make it.Also,I want to build it with EWW in hyprland. Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dkpcEeKk0E&t=3
wayland-rs
Posts with mentions or reviews of wayland-rs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-29.
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Announcing shikane: a dynamic output configuration tool for Wayland compositors
I was initially having some problems with kanshi and was thinking about contributing the new features I wanted. For some of the features I wanted, kanshi's internals would have to change considerably. Since kanshi consists of only ~1500 lines of C, I began writing a replacement for kanshi in Rust. After many hours of reading Wayland protocol specifications, working on shikane, some help from the Smithay project and their Rust implementation of Wayland protocols, shikane was able to replace kanshi on my machines. I have been using it for over 4 months now.
- Is there a good tutorial for writing an X11 Tiling Window manager in Rust?
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Xremap - Linux key remapper written in Rust
Yes, I agree. Since https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots-rs is deprecated, I'm guessing I should use https://github.com/Smithay/smithay or https://github.com/Smithay/wayland-rs. As soon as I find a library that can use the protocol, preferably without extra dependency, I'll switch it to that.
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Are there any ongoing efforts of making a desktop environment (similar to KDE or Gnome) in Rust?
There's also https://github.com/Smithay/wayland-rs
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Rust, Wayland and the Linux "graphics stack"
Also there is an incomplete Wayland implementation in Rust, but that isn't very actively developed.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing eww and wayland-rs you can also consider the following projects:
Waybar - Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors. :v: :tada:
leftwm - A tiling window manager for Adventurers
conky - Light-weight system monitor for X, Wayland (sort of), and other things, too
smithay - A smithy for rusty wayland compositors
rofi - A huge collection of Rofi based custom Applets, Launchers & Powermenus.
penrose - A library for writing an X11 tiling window manager
dwm-flexipatch - A dwm build with preprocessor directives to decide which patches to include during build time
yofi - yofi is a minimalistic menu for wayland
Hyprland - Hyprland is a highly customizable dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.
wl-clipboard-rs - A safe Rust crate for working with the Wayland clipboard.
bumblebee-status - bumblebee-status is a modular, theme-able status line generator for the i3 window manager.
waylock - A small screenlocker for Wayland compositors