kiwmi

A fully programmable Wayland Compositor

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kiwmi is a work-in-progress extensive user-configurable Wayland Compositor. kiwmi specifically does not enforce any logic, allowing for the creation of Lua-scripted behaviors, making arduous tasks such as modal window management become a breeze. New users should be aware of the steep learning curve present, however this will be reduced as the project matures.

Documentation

Documentation for the API can be found in lua_docs.md.

Additionally kiwmic can be used to send a single lua string to kiwmi for direct evaluation.

For example:

$ kiwmic 'return kiwmi:focused_view():id()'
94036737803088.0

Getting Started

The dependencies required are:

• wlroots
• lua or luajit
• pixman
• meson (build)
• ninja (build)
• git (build, optional)

Building

After cloning/downloading the project and ensuring all dependencies are installed, building is as easy as running

$ meson build
$ ninja -C build

If you plan to use luajit instead, use the following commands instead.

$ meson -Dlua-pkg=luajit build
$ ninja -C build

Installing is accomplished with the following command:

# ninja -C build install

Contributing

Contributions are welcomed, especially while the project is in a heavy WIP stage. If you believe you have a valid concern, read the CONTRIBUTING document and please file an issue on the issues page.

For clarifications or suggestions on anything, please don't hesitate to contact me.