/syslock

Simple screen locker for wayland written in gtkmm 4

Primary LanguageC++GNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Syslock

Syslock is a simple lockscreen for wayland written in gtkmm4
preview

Packaging status

Configuration

syslock can be configured in 2 ways
1: By changing config.hpp and recompiling (Suckless style)
2: Using a config file (~/.config/sys64/lock/config.conf)
3: Using launch arguments

arguments:
  -s	Start unlocked
  -k	Enable the keypad
  -l	Set password length (For automatic unlocks)
  -m	Set primary monitor
  -d	Enable debug mode
  -v	Prints version info

Signals

You can send a signal to show the window/s again.
pkill -10 syslock

Theming

syslock uses your gtk4 theme by default, However it can be also load custom css,
Just copy the included style.css file to ~/.config/sys64/lock/style.css

Session lock

This lockscreen utilizes the session lock protocol.
Special thanks to wmww's gtk4-layer-shell for making this process painless.