Sway apps list moved to github

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/swaywm

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  • mpvpaper

    A video wallpaper program for wlroots based wayland compositors.

  • Not since https://github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper/commit/61853eb629107ffef1546d354cbe19e188047f17

  • qt-video-wlr

    Qt pip-mode-like video player for wlroots-based wayland compositors.

  • qt-video-wlr, suppose to be the same as the above but QT5ish, I'm not sure why it's described as PiP, and I now remembered that I wanted to package it (Flatpak).

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  • wlvncc

    A Wayland Native VNC Client

  • Maybe wlvncc though the latter is WIP and something was off with keyboard handling when I tested it.

  • wlpinyin

    [WIP] experimental Chinese wayland Input method (IME)

  • A bunch of IMEs that I'm not sure how much they are wlroot specific or will also work with other compositor. I'm guessing they're all a WIP because the patches for supporting the relevant extensions in wlroots and Sway are not merged yet. hopefully soon. Should we add them to the list? maybe with a WIP tag? These are those I know of: wlpinyin, wlhangul, anthywl,wlanthy, and kime.

  • brillo

    Control the brightness of backlight and keyboard LED devices on Linux. (read only mirror)

  • I can recommend brillo for screen brightness management.

  • sway

    i3-compatible Wayland compositor

  • There was already a list of launchers in the wiki. Now there are two lists. Maybe the previous one should be merged into this one?

  • wldash

    Wayland launcher/dashboard

  • Speaking of launchers, it's missing my favourite, wldash

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  • wluma

    Automatic brightness adjustment based on screen contents and ALS

  • https://github.com/maximbaz/wluma too to get adaptive luminosity on a Wayland based laptop.

  • sway.wiki

  • It's a git repo, you can clone the wiki: https://github.com/swaywm/sway.wiki.git

  • wlr-protocols

    Discontinued Wayland protocols designed for use in wlroots (and other compositors)

  • If you want a full list of apps using wlr-protocols, there is https://github.com/swaywm/wlr-protocols/wiki. Let me know if anything's missing there.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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