The original post: /r/linux by /u/No_Necessary_3356 on 2024-12-23 13:17:10.

Hey all, I’ve been writing a Wayland compositor using the Louvre library in the Nim programming language for the past few days. I named it Gogh. Here is it in action.

https://preview.redd.it/1ttb3rs0ll8e1.png?width=1907&format=png&auto=webp&s=9fed0e91129ea6374b9e80fd26117f9215b2fbd8

I’m planning to get the workspaces logic and keybinds working and then I’ll do the first release. The goals of Gogh are:

  • Be reasonably fast and efficient
  • Only have one window per workspace (sub-windows don’t count)
  • Have a readable codebase, as far as humanly possible
  • Don’t require a C++ compiler as an optional runtime dependency (wink wink, a very famous Wayland compositor that I currently daily drive)

Gogh can be configured using YAML. I haven’t exposed a lot of configuration options yet, but here’s my current config:

… code-block:yaml

startup:

exec:

  • swww init

  • swww img ~/.wallpapers/current.jpg

  • waybar

  • foot

displays:

  • refresh_rate: 144

force_vsync: false

Getting fancy visual effects like blurring and animations is a distant goal as well. If any of you wish to look at the code or contribute, here’s the repository. I’d love some suggestions as well, which I may or may not implement:

https://github.com/xTrayambak/gogh