nwg-bar
GTK3-based button bar for wlroots-based compositors (by nwg-piotr)
gtklock
GTK-based lockscreen for Wayland (by jovanlanik)
| nwg-bar | gtklock | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 12 | |
| 107 | 284 | |
| - | - | |
| 6.9 | 5.6 | |
| 3 months ago | 4 days ago | |
| Go | C | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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.
nwg-bar
Posts with mentions or reviews of nwg-bar.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-12.
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nwg-bar 0.1.5
Release notes
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(Fedora 38 + Hyprland) - I am at home, my search is over.
nwg-bar (power menu & options)
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Question for windows resize & floating window
For 3. I use nwg-bar and put a small power glyph (nerd font) on the top right of my waybar that triggers the popup on click.
- A dock for Wayland - How to get started? Basic information? Is it a compositor?
gtklock
Posts with mentions or reviews of gtklock.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-12.
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(Fedora 38 + Hyprland) - I am at home, my search is over.
gtklock (didn't show this one in my screenshots)
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How to lock screen to greetd
I wrote gtklock for the exact purpose. Keep in mind it has some downsides compared to swaylock (doesn't use the new screen lock protocol) but looks nice and consistent with gtkgreet, has more features and is extensible with modules.
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gtklock 1.3.4: userinfo module and more new features
About gtklock
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Idle & Lock screen configuration in nwg-shell
You can still adjust gtklock to your liking, by defining your own config and css. See https://github.com/jovanlanik/gtklock/wiki
- gtklock 1.1.0: GTK-based lockscreen for Wayland
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gtklock and nwg-wrapper - let's rice the lock!
I had a play with gtklock today and wondered if it would work with nwg-wrapper to enhance the lock screen. It turns out that they work together very well - see screenshot. I've also modified my script for various styles of locking so that it supports gtklock: mylock
- gtklock: GTK-based lockscreen for Wayland
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gktlock: GTK-based lockscreen for Wayland
I wrote gtklock to compliment gtkgreet. It uses the wlr-layer-shell and wlr-input-inhibitor Wayland protocols, works on sway and other wlroots compositors.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing nwg-bar and gtklock you can also consider the following projects:
nwg-launchers - GTK-based launchers: application grid, button bar, dmenu for sway and other window managers
swaylock - Screen locker for Wayland
nwg-look - GTK3 settings editor adapted to work in the wlroots environment
swcursor - Large software cursor for screen recording on X11
nwg-dock - GTK3-based dock for sway
gtklock-userinfo-module - gtklock module adding user info to the lockscreen
go-wlroots - Go binding for wlroots
pasystray - PulseAudio system tray
Waybar - Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors. :v: :tada:
nwg-drawer - Application drawer for wlroots-based Wayland compositors
tofi - Tiny dynamic menu for Wayland