# Mango Wayland Compositor
This project's development is based on [dwl](https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl/).
1. **Lightweight & Fast Build**
- _Mango_ is as lightweight as _dwl_, and can be built completely within a few seconds. Despite this, _Mango_ does not compromise on functionality.
2. **Feature Highlights**
- In addition to basic WM functionality, Mango provides:
- Excellent xwayland support.
- Base tags not workspaces (supports separate window layouts for each tag)
- Smooth and customizable complete animations (window open/move/close, tag enter/leave,layer open/close/move)
- Excellent input method support (text input v2/v3)
- Flexible window layouts with easy switching (scroller, master-stack, monocle,center-master, etc.)
- Rich window states (swallow, minimize, maximize, unglobal, global, fakefullscreen, overlay, etc.)
- Simple yet powerful external configuration(support shortcuts hot-reload)
- Sway-like scratchpad and named scratchpad
- Ipc support(get/send message from/to compositor by external program)
- Hycov-like overview
- Window effects from scenefx (blur, shadow, corner radius, opacity)
- Zero flickering - every frame is perfect.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bb83004a-0563-4b48-ad89-6461a9b78b1f
# Mango's Vision
**Mango's primary goal is stability**: After months of testing and development—and aside from a few lingering GPU compatibility issues—it should now be stable enough. I don't plan on making many breaking changes.
**Mango's preference is practicality**: I tend to add features that genuinely help with daily workflows—things that make our work more convenient.
**Mango won't cater to every user preference**: For niche feature requests, I'll take a wait-and-see approach. I'll only consider adding them if they get a significant number of upvotes.
# Our discord
[mangowc](https://discord.gg/CPjbDxesh5)
# Supported layouts
- tile
- scroller
- monocle
- grid
- deck
- center_tile
- vertical_tile
- vertical_grid
- vertical_scroller
- tgmix
# Installation
[](https://repology.org/project/mangowc/versions)
## Dependencies
- wayland
- wayland-protocols
- libinput
- libdrm
- libxkbcommon
- pixman
- libdisplay-info
- libliftoff
- hwdata
- seatd
- pcre2
- xorg-xwayland
- libxcb
## Arch Linux
The package is in the Arch User Repository and is availble for manual download [here](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mangowc-git) or through a AUR helper
#scenefx
```bash
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/scenefx.0.4
#read the pkg build
makepkg -si
#mangowc
```bash
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mangowc
#read the pkgbuild
makepkg -si
```
## Gentoo Linux
The package is in the community-maintained repository called GURU.
First, add GURU repository:
```bash
emerge --ask --verbose eselect-repository
eselect repository enable guru
emerge --sync guru
```
Then, add `gui-libs/scenefx` and `gui-wm/mangowc` to the `package.accept_keywords`.
Finally, install the package:
```bash
emerge --ask --verbose gui-wm/mangowc
```
## Fedora Linux
The package is in the third-party Terra repository.
First, add the [Terra Repository](https://terra.fyralabs.com/).
Then, install the package:
```bash
dnf install mangowc
```
## Guix System
The package definition is described in the source repository.
First, add `mangowc` channel to `channels.scm` file:
```scheme
;; In $HOME/.config/guix/channels.scm
(cons (channel
(name 'mangowc)
(url "https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/mangowc.git")
(branch "main"))
... ;; Your other channels
%default-channels)
```
Then, run `guix pull` and after update you can either run
`guix install mangowc` or add it to your configuration via:
```scheme
(use-modules (mangowc)) ;; Add mangowc module
;; Add mangowc to packages list
(packages (cons*
mangowc-git
... ;; Other packages you specified
%base-packages))
```
And then rebuild your system.
## Other
```bash
git clone -b 0.19.2 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots.git
cd wlroots
meson build -Dprefix=/usr
sudo ninja -C build install
git clone -b 0.4.1 https://github.com/wlrfx/scenefx.git
cd scenefx
meson build -Dprefix=/usr
sudo ninja -C build install
git clone https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/mangowc.git
cd mangowc
meson build -Dprefix=/usr
sudo ninja -C build install
```
## Suggested Tools
### Hybrid component
- [dms-shell](https://github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell)
### Independent component
- Application launcher (rofi, bemenu, wmenu, fuzzel)
- Terminal emulator (foot, wezterm, alacritty, kitty, ghostty)
- Status bar (waybar, eww, quickshell, ags), waybar is preferred
- Wallpaper setup (swww, swaybg)
- Notification daemon (swaync, dunst,mako)
- Desktop portal (xdg-desktop-portal, xdg-desktop-portal-wlr, xdg-desktop-portal-gtk)
- Clipboard (wl-clipboard, wl-clip-persist, cliphist)
- Gamma control/night light (wlsunset, gammastep)
- Miscellaneous (xfce-polkit, wlogout)
## Some Common Default Keybindings
- alt+return: open foot terminal
- alt+space: open rofi launcher
- alt+q: kill client
- alt+left/right/up/down: focus direction
- super+m: quit mango
## My Dotfiles
### Daily
- Dependencies
```bash
rofi foot xdg-desktop-portal-wlr swaybg waybar wl-clip-persist cliphist wl-clipboard wlsunset xfce-polkit swaync pamixer swayidle brightnessctl swayosd wlr-randr grim slurp satty wlogout sox
```
#aur packages
```bash
wlr-dpms sway-audio-idle-inhibit-git dimland-git swaylock-effects-git wlogout
```
### Dms
- Dependencies
```bash
foot xdg-desktop-portal-wlr swaybg wl-clip-persist cliphist wl-clipboard brightnessctl grim slurp satty dms-shell-git
```
#aur packages
```bash
sway-audio-idle-inhibit-git matugen-bin dms-shell-git
```
- use my dms config
```bash
git clone -b dms https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/mango-config.git ~/.config/mango
```
- use my daily config
```bash
git clone https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/mango-config.git ~/.config/mango
```
## Config Documentation
Refer to the repo wiki [wiki](https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/mango/wiki/)
or the website docs [docs](https://mangowc.vercel.app/docs)
# NixOS + Home-manager
The repo contains a flake that provides a NixOS module and a home-manager module for mango.
Use the NixOS module to install mango with other necessary components of a working Wayland environment.
Use the home-manager module to declare configuration and autostart for mango.
Here's an example of using the modules in a flake:
```nix
{
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
home-manager = {
url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
flake-parts.url = "github:hercules-ci/flake-parts";
mango = {
url = "github:DreamMaoMao/mango";
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
};
outputs =
inputs@{ self, flake-parts, ... }:
flake-parts.lib.mkFlake { inherit inputs; } {
debug = true;
systems = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
flake = {
nixosConfigurations = {
hostname = inputs.nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
system = "x86_64-linux";
modules = [
inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
# Add mango nixos module
inputs.mango.nixosModules.mango
{
programs.mango.enable = true;
}
{
home-manager = {
useGlobalPkgs = true;
useUserPackages = true;
backupFileExtension = "backup";
users."username".imports =
[
(
{ ... }:
{
wayland.windowManager.mango = {
enable = true;
settings = ''
# see config.conf
'';
autostart_sh = ''
# see autostart.sh
# Note: here no need to add shebang
'';
};
}
)
]
++ [
# Add mango hm module
inputs.mango.hmModules.mango
];
};
}
];
};
};
};
};
}
```
# Packaging mango
To package mango for other distributions, you can check the reference setup for:
- [nix](https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/mangowc/blob/main/nix/default.nix)
- [arch](https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=mangowc-git).
- [gentoo](https://data.gpo.zugaina.org/guru/gui-wm/mangowc)
You might need to package `scenefx` for your distribution, check availability [here](https://github.com/wlrfx/scenefx.git).
If you encounter build errors when packaging `mango`, feel free to create an issue and ask a question, but
Read The Friendly Manual on packaging software in your distribution first.
# Thanks to These Reference Repositories
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots - Implementation of Wayland protocol
- https://github.com/dqrk0jeste/owl - Basal window animation
- https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl - Basal dwl feature
- https://github.com/swaywm/sway - Sample of Wayland protocol
- https://github.com/wlrfx/scenefx - Make it simple to add window effect.
# Sponsor
At present, I can only accept sponsorship through an encrypted connection.
If you find this project helpful to you, you can offer sponsorship in the following ways.
Thanks to the following friends for their sponsorship of this project
[@tonybanters](https://github.com/tonybanters)