zen
The reference compositor implementation of Zwin protocol (by zwin-project)
epd-wm
Wayland compositor/window manager that outputs to IT8951 E-Paper displays (WIP). (by dj311)
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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.
zen
Posts with mentions or reviews of zen.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-17.
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Introducing Zwin: XR windowing system for Ubuntu/Arch Linux + Quest 2/Pro
GitHub repo (for our reference compositor Zen): https://github.com/zwin-project/zen
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 zen and epd-wm you can also consider the following projects:
zwin - XR Windowing System on top of Wayland
micropython-waveshare-epaper - MicroPython drivers for Waveshare e-paper modules
wlroots - A modular Wayland compositor library
Pico_ePaper_Code - Waveshrae Pico e-Paper driver code
japokwm - A wlroots and dwl based tiling wayland compositor based around creating layouts
Inkycal - Create awesome e-paper dashboards within minutes! Modularity? Check! Python3? Check? Works on Raspberry Pi Zero W? Check! Support for own modules? Check!