niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor. This is a curated list of resources related to niri.
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- Help and Discussion
- Packages
- Tools
- Bars and Widgets
- Custom Shells
- DE Integration
- Distro Integration
- Rices
- niri Wiki - The official wiki for niri, containing installation instructions and usage guides.
- niri Matrix Channel - The official Matrix channel for niri, where you can ask questions and get help from the community.
- niri Discord server - A community maintained Discord server for niri.
- niri subreddit - A community driven subreddit for niri.
- Community Packages - A list of community maintained packages for niri.
- niri Flake - A Nix flake for niri, providing a convenient way to install and manage niri on NixOS.
- Anyrun - A wayland native krunner-like runner, made with customizability in mind. Provides niri-focus plugin.
- hyprlax - Smooth parallax wallpaper daemon.
- niri-companion - A toolkit that adds extra functionality to niri.
- niri-float-sticky - A utility to make floating windows visible across all workspaces in niri — similar to "sticky windows" in other compositors.
- niri-scratchpad - Scratchpad support for niri.
- niri-screen-time - A utility that collects information about how much time you spend in each application.
- niri-scripts - A collection of scripts to enhance the niri experience.
- niri-session-manager - Automatically save and restore windows in the niri Wayland compositor.
- niri-switch - A fast task switcher for niri — similar to Alt-Tab known from Windows, Gnome, KDE Plasma etc.
- niri-tag - A single workspace, tag-based window management system for niri, featuring full IPC for shell integrations.
- niriswitcher - An application switcher for niri, with support for workspaces and automatic dark mode.
- Nirius - Utility commands for the niri.
- nsticky - A utility to make windows visible across all workspaces in niri.
- Stasis - A modern Wayland idle manager with smart timeouts, media awareness, and app-specific inhibition.
- system76-scheduler-niri - A simple daemon to update the foreground process of system76-scheduler based on the focused window in niri.
- vim-niri-nav - Seamless navigation between niri windows and (neo)vim splits with the same key bindings.
- bar-rs - A simple status bar, written using iced-rs.
- eww-niri-workspaces - A Rust binary that outputs workspace information from niri-ipc to be consumed by eww.
- i3bar-river - A port of i3bar for Wayland compositors, to be used with something like i3status-rust.
- Ignis - A widget framework for building desktop shells, written and configurable in Python.
- Ironbar - A customisable Wayland GTK bar written in Rust.
- Niri Taskbar - Niri taskbar module for Waybar.
- Waybar - Highly customizable Wayland bar based on GTK.
- waybar-niri-windows - A module for Waybar that displays a focus indicator for the current niri workspace.
- DankMaterialShell - Quickshell based shell featuring Material 3 design principles, with a heavy focus on functionality and customizability.
- Delta Shell - A desktop shell based on AGS with many features.
- desktop-shell - Custom AGS shell for Wayland compositors supporting wayland-layer-shell.
- Exo - A Material 3 inspired desktop shell for niri and Hyprland created with Ignis.
- IgnisNiriShell - An Ignis based shell for niri.
- niri-caelestia-shell - Port of caelestia dots Quickshell setup for niri.
- Noctalia - A sleek and minimal desktop shell thoughtfully crafted for niri and Hyprland, built with Quickshell.
- niri on Cosmic - A Cosmic extension that allows niri as a session option, allowing you to use niri with the Cosmic desktop environment.
- niri on LXQt - LXQt is a lightweight Qt-based desktop environment that allows setting niri as compositor, while its modules can also be used standalone in
niri-session
.
- CachyOS - CachyOS is a Arch Linux based distribution focused around gaming, performance, and being user-friendly. It provides niri as an install option via its installer.
- Pika OS - PikaOS is a Debian sid based Linux distribution focused on gaming and performance optimization, which provides a niri edition ISO.
- Setup Showcase - A showcase of niri setups, where users can share their configurations and get inspiration from others.