japokwm
A wlroots and dwl based tiling wayland compositor based around creating layouts (by werererer)
epd-wm
Wayland compositor/window manager that outputs to IT8951 E-Paper displays (WIP). (by dj311)
| japokwm | epd-wm | |
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| 3 | 2 | |
| 131 | 22 | |
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| 8.2 | 3.6 | |
| 4 months ago | over 3 years ago | |
| C | C | |
| BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License | MIT License |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
japokwm
Posts with mentions or reviews of japokwm.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-17.
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V0.4.0
The new version is out. You can get it now by updating your AUR package or git cloning it.
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We released japowm v0.4.0 an Automatic Wayland tiling compositor as an alternative to sway
You can try it by using either the AUR or git cloning it.
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Just another wayland compositor
I decided to build a wayland compositor based on wlroots. The reason? I wanted to have a dynamic tiling window manager where you can actually create new layouts without playing around with the source code. So yeah here is the result of that work: https://github.com/werererer/japokwm of course with an AUR package.
epd-wm
Posts with mentions or reviews of epd-wm.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
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4.4
Overall if you want a DIY e-reader, your best bet is to pick a low power board that supports Linux, run the most barebones system you can on it, and reduce its power usage by aggressive means (underclocking, undervolting, "deep sleep" by turning it off after X minutes of inactivity). Then for the eink part, use a barebones desktop environment, combined with a window manager meant for eink, such as epd-wm. After that, slap an ebook reader software like Foliate on top, and you're good to go.
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Turning an old Amazon Kindle into a eink development platform
I'd agree. I think a lot of single device re-purposing can be useful to others, but a development platform typically indicates a more general purpose. Something like https://github.com/dj311/epd-wm but a lot of these are only for specific chips. This one seems to have more support: https://github.com/vroland/epdiy
What are some alternatives?
When comparing japokwm and epd-wm you can also consider the following projects:
juliawm - A wlroots and dwl based tiling-windowmanager based around creating own layouts [Moved to: https://github.com/werererer/japokwm]
micropython-waveshare-epaper - MicroPython drivers for Waveshare e-paper modules
wdisplays - GUI display configurator for wlroots compositors
wlroots - A modular Wayland compositor library
Pico_ePaper_Code - Waveshrae Pico e-Paper driver code
wyverkiss - (INACTIVE) An (unofficial) alternative rootfs for KISS Linux
zen - The reference compositor implementation of Zwin protocol
KISS-me - A KISS repository for forks, projects, and fun
Inkycal - Create awesome e-paper dashboards within minutes! Modularity? Check! Python3? Check? Works on Raspberry Pi Zero W? Check! Support for own modules? Check!