Lib.rs

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#wayland-client #wlroots #slurp

app waysip

Wayland native (zwlr_layer_shell) area selection client, like slurp

by Access, Aakash Sen Sharma, Artix Linux Calamares Installer and 2 contributors

13 unstable releases (5 breaking)

Uses new Rust 2024

0.6.1 Mar 24, 2026
0.6.0 Dec 18, 2025
0.5.0 Sep 19, 2025
0.4.0 May 10, 2025
0.2.2 Dec 19, 2023

#366 in GUI

MIT license

73KB
1.5K SLoC

A native, blazing-fast 🚀🚀🚀 area selection tool for wlroots based compositors such as sway and river.


Some usage examples:

TODO:

Installation

Compile time dependencies:

TODO:

Compiling:

  • git clone https://github.com/waycrate/waysip && cd waysip
  • cargo build --release
  • sudo mv ./target/release/waysip /usr/local/bin

Using Nix flakes (nixOS / Nix)

This repository provides a Nix flake for building and running waysip.

Build

nix build github:waycrate/waysip

Run

nix run github:waycrate/waysip

Support:

  1. https://matrix.to/#/#waycrate-tools:matrix.org
  2. https://discord.gg/KKZRDYrRYW

Dependencies

~19–28MB
~500K SLoC