Hopalong is a simple Wayland compositor with a feature set that’s comparable to XFWM.
Aims of this project:
- 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 the compositor does the rest.
- Designed for people who like 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.
Website: github.com/iridescent-desktop/hopalong
Support:
Developer: Ariadne Conill
License: BSD License
Hopalong is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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