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1. hints

   1 3 1,302 7.3 Python

   Hints lets you navigate GUI applications in Linux without your mouse by displaying "hints" you can type on your keyboard to interact with GUI elements.

   

   Project mention: Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-05

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3. rofimoji

   2 14 1,069 6.2 Python

   Emoji, unicode and general character picker for rofi, wofi and similar selectors on X11 and Wayland

   

4. hyprwhspr

   3 3 1,061 9.8 Python

   Native speech-to-text for Linux - Fast, accurate and private system-wide dictation

   

   Project mention: Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-06

   Nice one! For Linux folks, I developed https://github.com/goodroot/hyprwhspr.

   Have you compared WhisperKit to faster-whisper or similar?

   On Linux, there's access to the latest Cohere Transcribe model and it works very, very well. Requires a GPU though.

   Incidentally, waiting for Apple to blow this all up with native STT any day now. :)

5. asus-numberpad-driver

   4 1 422 8.9 Python

   Feature-rich linux driver for NumberPad(2.0) on Asus laptops. NumberPad(2.0) is illuminated numeric keypad integrated to touchpad which appears when is done tap on top right corner of touchpad for atleast 1s by default (configurable) or slide gesture from top right/left corner to the center, the left shows calc app aswell (configurable).

   

6. rofi-rbw

   5 3 281 7.4 Python

   Rofi frontend for Bitwarden

   

7. tsumiki

   6 1 237 9.8 Python

   modular panel written on fabric

   

   Project mention: 🌿 The Tools That Make My Developer Life Easier | dev.to | 2025-11-22

   Tsumiki for a clean status bar

8. claude-desktop-bin

   7 1 223 - Python

   Unofficial Linux packages for Claude Desktop AI assistant with automated updates.

   

   Project mention: Codex for Almost Everything | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-16

9. gnome-gamma-tool

   8 5 195 4.0 Python

   A command-line tool that lets you change gamma in GNOME and Cinnamon (with Wayland). You can also adjust contrast and brightness. It works by creating a color profile with the VCGT table, so that changes are persistent and don't interfere with other settings like night light.

   

10. nwg-wrapper

    9 22 192 2.6 Python

    Wrapper to display a script output or a text file content on the desktop in sway or other wlroots-based compositors

    

11. hyprland-dots

    10 1 105 7.5 Python

    🌌 Hyprland Dotfiles (by gasech)

    

12. elephant-greeter

    11 2 68 0.0 Python

    A simple LightDM greeter that can run under Wayland.

    

13. wayremap

    12 6 62 0.0 Python

    Dynamic key remapper for Wayland Window System, especially for Sway

    

14. mounch

    13 2 59 2.7 Python

    A simple rofi launcher

    

15. asus-stylus-driver

    14 1 56 4.2 Python

    Linux supplement driver which adds support for binding not already bound buttons by the origin driver to something useful. Main target is Asus Pen SA201H but works even for SA200H, .. , Asus Pen 2.0 SA203H and X11/Wayland.

    

16. sway-interactive-screenshot

    15 1 50 3.4 Python

    Interactively take screenshots and record video captures with Sway.

    

17. lidecli

    16 2 46 5.2 Python

    Linux Desktop CLI - An unified command-line tool to interact with Desktop Environments and Window Managers

    

18. cute-sway-recorder

    17 1 40 6.4 Python

    SwayWM screen recorder; a GUI for wf-recorder

    

19. wofi-scripts

    18 2 35 1.8 Python

    Scripts for wofi, a wayland compatible program launcher

    

20. kwin-mcp

    19 2 28 7.9 Python

    MCP server for Linux desktop GUI automation on KDE Plasma 6 Wayland -- 30 tools for virtual and live sessions

    

    Project mention: Building an MCP Server for Linux Desktop GUI Automation on Wayland | dev.to | 2026-02-23

    The project is MIT licensed and available on GitHub and PyPI.

21. rofi-notion

    20 1 21 6.2 Python

    Quickly create new Notion pages for your databases with rofi as GUI.

    

22. TalkType

    21 1 12 8.9 Python

    Privacy-first voice dictation for Linux Wayland — press a key to talk, release to type. Powered by Whisper AI, 100% offline, no subscription required.

    

    Project mention: Show HN: TalkType – Offline Linux Speech-to-Text (Whisper, Wayland, AppImage) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-03

23. clipman

    22 1 9 - Python

    Clipboard history manager for GNOME on Wayland — press Super+V to browse, search, pin, and paste (by MohammedEl-sayedAhmed)

    

    Project mention: Building Clipman — a clipboard manager for Wayland that respects you | dev.to | 2026-05-22

    So I built one. It's called Clipman, it's on PyPI as clipman-clipboard, on the Snap Store, on the AUR, and on the GNOME Extensions website. It works on Ubuntu 22.04 and up with GNOME 46–48 on Wayland. The source is at MohammedEl-sayedAhmed/clipman.

24. sway-smart-workspaces

    23 2 3 0.0 Python

    sway-smart-workspaces

    

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