Active Wayland Started 2024

Stacking, Floating ยท Window Manager / Compositor

Hopalong

Hopalong is a simple Wayland compositor with a featureset comparable to XFWM.

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Status
Paradigm
Server
Written in
GPU

Overview

About Hopalong

Design Goals

  • Window managers should stay out of the user's way and be as boring as possible.

    • No wobbly windows or other complexity.
    • Simple chrome with color themes: Choose a primary color and we do the rest.
    • Designed for people who like GNU nano as a primary editor.
  • Minimal resource utilization.

  • Correct functionality regardless of system byte ordering (endianness).

  • Built on wlroots: a rock-solid Wayland compositor framework powering other compositors such as Sway.

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Notable features

XFWM-like feature target with color-derived chrome,endianness portability,and minimal resource use

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