Scott Williams 🐧May 8, 2024

Is there a waypipe for MacOS? Like, a way to run something like the geany IDE hosted on a networked Linux VM over ssh on a MacBook.

#Linux #MacOS

Show threaddonaldhMay 8, 2024
@vwbusguy https://github.com/owl-compositor/owl is trying to do that.
GitHub - owl-compositor/owl: The portable Wayland compositor in Objective-C

The portable Wayland compositor in Objective-C. Contribute to owl-compositor/owl development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threaddonaldhMay 8, 2024

@vwbusguy

% ./Owl.app/Contents/MacOS/Owl
2024-05-08 22:48:25.474 Owl[75485:797649] Running compositor on Wayland display wayland-0
2024-05-08 22:48:25.474 Owl[75485:797649] Checked in with the bootstrap server as io.github.bugaevc.Owl

% /usr/local/bin/waypipe ssh fedora-box weston-fullscreen

Show threadaspauldingcode (8AMPS)May 13, 2025
@donaldh @vwbusguy I've been trying to figure this out. How did you com0ile waypipe for Darwin?
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@aspauldingcode You need to build and install both epoll-shim and wayland from the repos in this org: https://github.com/owl-compositor

Then you can build waypipe using the instructions from the waypipe repo.

The code in the owl-compositor org is ~4yo tho so ymmv.

Owl compositor

The portable Wayland compositor in Objective-C. Owl compositor has 3 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

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Show threadaspauldingcode (8AMPS)May 13, 2025

@donaldh I was able to build waypipe-c with minimal build. I can launch many Weston apps but they crash / don't move or resize.

Did you use waypipe rust on Darwin?