lys-wm

hy3-style tiling with splits and tab groups, on DRM/KMS through logind and libinput, with NVIDIA and Mesa, several GPUs, the protocols a full desktop session needs, and Xwayland for X11 programs. Scope has the whole list and the non-goals.

Documentation: https://stubbedev.github.io/lys-wm/

Install

Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora packages and a tarball, for x86_64 and aarch64, are on the releases page. On x86_64:

sudo apt install ./lys-wm_<version>_amd64.deb
sudo dnf install ./lys-wm-<version>-1.fc<release>.x86_64.rpm

On NixOS, add the flake and set programs.lys-wm.enable = true. Install has the module setup, home-manager, the tarball and what each needs.

Use

Pick the lys-wm session in your display manager, or run lys-wm inside another Wayland session to get a nested window. SUPER + Return runs foot, SUPER + Q closes a window and SUPER + SHIFT + E leaves the session.

lys-wmctl windows                # query a running lys-wm
lys-wmctl dispatch workspace 3   # or control it

• Getting started: default binds and a first config
• Config: every key of ~/.config/lys-wm/config.yaml
• Contributing: development setup

The lys family

lys-wm is the compositor of the lys desktop: lys-shell, lys-ui, lys-lib, lys-login, lys-splash, lys-polkit and lys-secrets.