A Wayland compositor inspired by Window Maker.

Key features:

• Compositor for windows in stacking mode.
• Supports multiple workspaces.
• Appearance inspired by Window Maker, following the look and feel of NeXTSTEP.
• Easy to use, lightweight, low gimmicks and fast.
• Dock and clip, to be extended for dockable apps.

How it looks, running in a window using the default theme:

Early access: Wayland Maker covers elementary compositor functionality on single-monitor output. Please report what's missing or broken!

See here for a detailed list of implemented or planned features, or the roadmap for what's planned for the upcoming versions.

Highlights for current version (0.6):

• new Support for multiple outputs, configuable through wlr-output-management-unstable-v1 protocol (eg. wlr-randr, wdisplays).
• new Root menu can be generated from XDG repository (#90, eg. wmmenugen), and can be navigated by keyboard.
• new User manual at https://phkaeser.github.io/wlmaker/.
• Builds with wlroots 0.18.
• Hot corners with configurable actions, default to 'lock' or 'inhibit' locking.
• Screen saver support, through ext-session-lock-v1 and idle-inhibit-unstable-v1 protocols.
• Configurable through plist text files: base configuration, style, root menu and docks & workspaces.
• wlr layer shell support (wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1), fully implemented & tested.
• Appearance matches Window Maker: Decorations, dock, clip.
• Support for Wayland XDG shell (mostly complete. Bug reports welcome).
• Initial support for X11 applications (positioning and specific modes are missing). Use --start_xwayland argument to enable XWayland, it's off by default.
• A prototype DockApp (apps/wlmclock).

See http://phkaeser.github.io/wlmaker for:

• How to configure wlmaker.
• Startup options.
• Supported Wayland protocols.

• From source: Please follow the detailed build instructions for a step-by-step guide.

• Once compiled, see the these instructions on how to run Wayland Maker in a window or standalone, and to configure it for your needs.

• Alternatively, use a pre-built package:

  

Contributions, help and bug reports are highly welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for details, and code of conduct for more.

Apache 2.0; see LICENSE for details.

This project is not an official Google project. It is not supported by Google and Google specifically disclaims all warranties as to its quality, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose.

#147: Why is every file copyrighted by Google, then? Google happens to be the primary author's employer, and the copyright note is default recommended Open Source procedure.