/sway-on-arch

My own build of Sway upon Arch Linux.

Primary LanguageShell


Acknowledgements

Dependencies

  • alacritty - A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.
  • autotiling - Switch the layout splith/splitv depending on the currently focused window dimensions.
  • dunst - A highly configurable and lightweight notification daemon.
  • grim - Grabs Screenshots from a Wayland compositor.
  • playerctl - A command-line utility and library for controlling media players.
  • slurp - Screenshot window selection tool.
  • sway - Window manager for Wayland compositors.
  • swayidle - An idle daemon for wayland compositors.
  • swaylock - A screen locking utility for Wayland compositors.
  • waybar - Highly customizable Wayland status bar for Sway.
  • wl-clipboard - Wayland clipboard utilities, wl-copy and wl-paste, to copy data between the clipboard and Unix pipes, sockets, files etc.
  • wofi - A rofi inspired menu and launcher for wlroots compositors.
  • xorg-xwayland : X Clients under Wayland.

NOTE

For additional customisations make use of Sway-lock-effects.

  • A fork of swaylock which adds built-in screenshots and image manipulation effects like blurring.

I personally avoid using python packages, scripts so i use autotiling-rs.

Installation

Install Sway-On-Arch with git

git clone https://github.com/Aarav619/Sway-On-Arch.git && cd Sway-On-Arch

Install Necessary packages with pacman

Assuming you are on Arch based distro!

pacman -S alacritty grim nautilus playerctl \
dunst slurp sway swayidle waybar wofi wl-clipboard \
xorg-xwayland xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

Usage

make install : To mirror my setup.

make update : To sync local files with git.

Font configuration

You will need a few fonts.

  • JetBrainsMono NF: here
  • Font Awesome: here
  • Material Design Icons: here

Installation

Arch Linux

Assuming your AUR Helper is yay.

 $ yay -S ttf-material-design-icons nerd-fonts-jetbrains-mono otf-font-awesome ttf-font-awesome
Others
How would i know?

Once finished installing fonts, you might want to finalize the changes to your system by following command.

 # Rebuilds the font cache
 $ fc-cache -fv

Miscellaneous.

  • Icon Theme

    You can install this .

  • GTK Theme Suggested

    You can find Paradise GTK theme here GTK theme that works well with above icon theme.


Lastly, log out from your current desktop session and log in into sway.


Screenshots

screenshot1 screenshot2 screenshot3

Credits

Credits to buddy Ayush for helping me out.