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Awesome list for Hyprland [maintainer=@yavko]

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Awesome list for Hyprland, that includes useful tools and libraries that either work or are designed for Hyprland!

Language Bindings

Config parsers

  • Hyprparse rust (Hypr config file parser, with support for the web)
  • tree-sitter-hyprlang c (tree-sitter grammar for Hyprland config files, made to be used with neovim)

Plugins

  • hyprload c++ (Hyprland plugin manager that adds support for reloading plugins)
  • split-monitor-workspaces c++ (A small Hyprland plugin to provide awesome-like workspace behavior)
  • hyprgrass c++ (Hyprland plugin for touch gestures)
  • hyprNStack c++ (Hyprland plugin for N-stack tiling layout)
  • hyprRiver c++ (River layouts for Hyprland)
  • hyprfocus c++ (Flashfocus-inspired plugin that adds flashing when changing focus, useful for borderless)
  • hyprland-dwindle-autogroup c++ (overrides grouping behavior on dwindle layout)
  • hy3 c++ (Adds i3-like manual tiling)
  • hyprland-virtual-desktops c++ (manages multiple screen's workspaces as if they were a single virtual desktop)
  • Hypr-DarkWindow c++ (Hyprland plugin that adds possibility to invert the color of specific windows)
  • grab-workspace c++ (plugin that moves a workspace to the current monitor and shows it)
  • hycov c++ (Hyprland plugin that displays all open clients in a grid view)

Tools

Official tools

Status Bar/Shell

  • eww rust (Widget framework built on gtk, that can be used as a statusbar)
  • ags typescript (A customizable and extensible shell for Hyprland)
  • waybar c++ (Like polybar, but for wlroots, very customizable)
  • Hybrid rust (Featureful bar made for wlroots based compositors)
  • hyprland-autoname-workspaces rust (Workspaces auto renamer, tested with waybar)
  • ironbar rust (Very customizable bar with gui components)
  • nwg-panel python (GTK3-based panel with good support for Hyprland)
  • nwg-dock-hyprland go (GTK3-based dock for Hyprland)
  • gBar c++ (GTK3 based blazingly fast and efficient status bar)

Notifications

Notification Daemons

  • mako c (Very simple and configurable notification daemon)
  • dunst c (Very customizable notification daemon)
  • SwayNotificationCenter vala (GNOME like notification daemon, with GUI and all)
  • fnott c (Featureful and configurable notification daemon)

OSD

  • SwayOSD rust (GNOME like OSD written in gtk)
  • Avizo vala (macOS like OSD written in gtk, also comes with nice scripts)
  • Wob c (dead simple OSD inspired by xob)

Misc

  • Ianny rust (Periodically informs user to take breaks by keeping track of usage patterns)

Runners, Menus, and Application Launchers

  • rofi-wayland c (Rofi fork with support for wlroots)
  • tofi c (very tiny rofi inspired menu)
  • bemenu c (looks like dmenu, but crossplatform)
  • wofi c (simple menu made in gtk)
  • fuzzel c (simple application launcher similar to rofi's drun mode)
  • anyrun rust (A wayland native, highly customizable runner, similar to krunner)
  • hypr-empty rust (Open a runner on empty workspaces)
  • nwg-drawer go (Gnome-ish application drawer)

Wallpaper

  • swww rust (Wallpaper daemon with live switching, awesome animations, and GIF support)
  • mpvpaper c (Wallpaper daemon that wraps MPV, useful for videos, and more advanced usage)
  • swaybg c (Very simple wallpaper daemon used by default on sway)
  • waypaper python (GUI wallpaper setter)
  • waypaper engine typescript (GUI wallpaper setter with playlist capabilities)

Display

  • iio-hyprland c (Listen iio-sensor-proxy and auto change Hyprland output orientation)
  • wlr-rander c (An xrandr clone for wlroots compositors)
  • kanshi c (Dynamic display configuration)
  • Wayout rust (For turning off display, useful for idle) (can be replicated using hyprctl)
  • hypract rust (Adds KDE plasma like activities to Hyprland WIP)
  • hyprdim rust (Automatically dim windows when switching between them)
  • hyprnome rust (GNOME-like workspace switching in Hyprland)
  • monitor-attached rust (Run the user's script when you connect or disconnect monitors)
  • wl-mirror c (A simple Wayland output mirror client)
  • hyprshade python (Frontend to Hyprland's screen shader feature)
  • wluma rust (Automatically adjust screen brightness based on the screen contents and amount of ambient light)

Screenshotting

All in one Tools

  • Watershot rust (A simple wayland native screenshot tool)
  • Grimblast shell (Port of grimshot, which is an abstraction over grim and slurp)
  • Flameshot c++ (All in one screenshotting tool with gui, annotation, + more) (To use make sure you have grim flag enabled)
  • Hyprshot shell (Another grimshot-like tool to make things easier)
  • satty rust (A screenshot annotation tool inspired by Swappy and Flameshot)
  • swappy c (A Wayland native snapshot editing tool, inspired by Snappy on macOS)

Raw Tools

  • Grim c (basic screenshot tool)
  • Wayshot rust (basic screenshot tool made for speed and in rust)
  • slurp c (basic area selection tool)

Recording

  • wf-recorder c++ (Simple screenrecorder, like grim but records video)
  • wl-screenrec rust (Simple and efficient screenrecorder for AMD and Intel GPUs)

Annotation

  • swappy c (Annotation gui made in gtk)

Input

On-screen Keyboards

  • wvkbd c (On-screen keyboard for wlroots)

Locking, Idle, Clipboard and Login

Misc

Idle Daemons

  • swayidle c (Idle daemon used by default in sway, also only one I could find for wlroots)

Lockers

  • gtklock c (Fork of gtkgreet, but for locking, also more configurable, and has a its module system)
  • swaylock c (Sway's default locker, very configurable, and popular)
  • swaylock-effects c (Fork of swaylock, but with effects ^)
  • waylock zig (A small screenlocker for Wayland compositors)

Clipboard Managers

  • clipman go (A simple clipboard manager for Wayland)
  • cliphist go (Wayland clipboard manager)
Display Managers
  • GDM c
  • SDDM c++
  • lightdm c (Display manager with a bunch of greeters, more info on gh repo)
  • Greetd rust (Login daemon with a couple greeters, bellow are some good ones)
    • gtkgreet c (Very simple gtk greeter)
    • qtgreet c++ (Configurable and overall more complicated greeter in QT)
    • wlgreet rust (Very basic greeter in raw wayland and SCTK)