Niri - a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.

Every monitor has its own separate window strip. Windows can never "overflow" onto an adjacent monitor.

Workspaces are dynamic and arranged vertically. Every monitor has an independent set of workspaces, and there's always one empty workspace present all the way down.

The workspace arrangement is preserved across disconnecting and connecting monitors where it makes sense. When a monitor disconnects, its workspaces will move to another monitor, but upon reconnection they will move back to the original monitor.

https://github.com/niri-wm/niri

https://niri-wm.github.io/niri/

#rust #wayland_compositor #tiling_window_manager #wayland #smithay #niri

I spent way too much time yesterday on figuring out how to draw a #wayland window to a texture and then render this texture onto a layer-shell.

Hint: The `FBO` is not unbound when the target is dropped and to actually render to the `EGLSurface` you have bind the framebuffer to 0.

But now I can draw windows and even apply shaders yay!

#smithay and #smithay_client_toolkit are awesome <3

RE: https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/116028635224570943

Has anyone in EU thought of coding for the #smithay library (#wayland + #rust ) or similar and is looking for someone to help finance their efforts?

#smithay is the #rust #wayland library of choice for #compositor creators. Its development is financed via US corp investment and community. I would want to add European institutional investment in one dev position, so we have some local know-how for this critical new tech. Thinking e.g. applying to @sovtechfund and hiring an engineer to fill the role.

Who can help implement? Maybe @fsfeberlin is a good starting point, or @OSBA, @lag_netzpolitik_berlin ?

#MRMCD kindly agreed to host my talk this year!

https://talks.mrmcd.net/2025/talk/U87GK7/

It's nothing special, I'll just give an introduction to the #ECS #programming pattern.

Content warning: #Bevy, #Rust, #wayland, #smithay, lame jokes.

ECS might be popular in #games, but it has some other advantages. But you'll never know unless you listen to me :)

#rustlang #coding #freesoftware #mrmcd25