sway2k

Swaying Windows in Wayland 🎏🛣

sway2k in action

My personalized configs for sway window manager, minimalistic in design and optimized for developer productivity.

✨ Features

Optimized for the CLI
Comes with integrations for foot, mako, waybar and more
Minimalistic UI
Optimized for AMOLED displays

Setup

⚡ Requirements

Packages

All the mentioned packages may not be available in your package manager, you might have to install them manually.

sway: the window manager
foot: wayland terminal emulator
waybar: adds toolbar support
rofi: app launcher
qutebrowser: keyboard driven browser
mako: notification daemon
grimshot: screenshot support
wf-recorder: screen recorder support
cliphist: for clipboard management
wluma: adaptive brightness support
wlsunset: sunset timing support
light: for display brightness
python: for scripts support
nmtui: network manager cli
bluetuith: bluetooth manager cli
pulsemixer: audio manager cli
bmenu: cli menu for utilities
kvantum: theme manager
- BWnb as the Kvantum theme
- Note: You have to manually install BWnB using Kvantum Manager, or it will always open the manager after restart
FiraCode Nerd Font

# Arch
sudo pacman -S sway foot rofi waybar mako grimshot wf-recorder cliphist wluma wlsunset light python

# Debian
sudo apt install sway foot rofi waybar mako grimshot wf-recorder cliphist wluma wlsunset light python

# Fedora
sudo dnf install kvantum lxappearance kanshi calcurse

Recommended Configurations

Highly recommended to use this alongside the following configurations:

rofi2k as rofi config
qute2k as quetbrowser config
dots2k CLI Dev Environment
nvim2k Personalized Editor

🚀 Installation

git clone https://github.com/2kabhishek/sway2k
ln -sfnv "$PWD/sway2k" ~/.config/sway

💻 Usage

Keybindings

All the configured keybindings can be found in the keybinding manual here.

Customization

Customize colors, icons, fonts, and more in theme.conf.
Customize Default apps and other definitions in definitions.conf

Waybar Modules

Comes with a bunch of customized waybar modules:

menu: app launcher
clock: with calendar integration
weather: powered by wttr.in
mode: sway modes
wf-recorder: screen recorder integration
pacman: package manager integration
github: GitHub notifications with gh cli
zeit: task tracker integration
clipboard: powered by cliphist
temperature: cpu temperatures with sensors
cpu: cpu usage in percentage
memory: shows used ram
idle-inhibitor: controls idle screen turning off
battery: shows battery usages and warnings
sunset: location based gamma correction
adaptive-light: brightness control powered by wluma
backlight: brightness control
playerctl: controls media playback
pulseaudio: controls audio devices
network: network connections powered by nmtui
bluetooth: bluetooth adapter controls
dnd: mako dnd integrations
tray: system tray integration

If you want to use the waybar theme by itself, you can do so by running:

# To setup waybar separately
ln -sfnv "$PWD/sway2k/waybar" ~/.config/waybar

Behind The Code

🌈 Inspiration

A spiritual successor to awesome2k.

I have been using awesome wm for a while and wanted to try out wayland, so I jumped in to sway!

💡 Challenges/Learnings

Learned about wayland and sway APIs

🔍 More Info

awesome2k — Xorg based tiling wm configs

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