Master-Stack Layout

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a9d4776e-b50b-48fb-94ce-651d8a749b8a

Scroller Layout

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c9bf9415-fad1-4400-bcdc-3ad2d76de85a

Maomaowm

This project is developed based on dwl(0.5) , adding many operation that supported in hyprland and a hyprland-like keybinds, niri-like scroll layout and sway-like scratchpad. See below for more features.

separate window layout for each workspace(tags), with separate workspace parameters

support layout

• tile(master)
• scroller
• monocle
• grid
• dwindle
• spiral

window open rules

options

• appid: type-string if match it or title, the rule match
• title: type-string if match it or appid, the rule match
• tags: type-num(1-9) which tags to open the window
• isfloating: type-num(0 or 1)
• isfullscreen: type-num(0 or 1)
• scroller_proportion: type-float(0.1-1.0)
• animation_type : type-string(zoom,slide)
• isnoborder : type-num(0 or 1)
• monitor : type-num(0-99999)
• width : type-num(0-9999)
• height : type-num(0-9999)

some special feature

• hycov like overview
• foreign-toplevel support(dunst,waybar wlr taskbar)
• minimize window to waybar(like hych)
• sway scratchpad support (minimize window to scratchpad)
• window pin mode support
• text-input-v2/v3 for fcitx5
• window move/open animaition
• workspace switch animaition
• fade in animation
• alt-tab switch window like gnome
• niri like scroller layout
• fadeout animation

suggest tools

yay -S rofi foot xdg-desktop-portal-wlr swaybg waybar wl-clip-persist cliphist wl-clipboard wlsunset

install

wlroots(0.17)

git clone -b 0.17.4 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots.git
cd wlroots
meson build -Dprefix=/usr
sudo ninja -C build install

git clone https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/maomaowm.git
cd maomaowm
meson build -Dprefix=/usr
sudo ninja -C build install

# set your autostart app ih this
mkdir -p ~/.config/maomao/

config

you can use MAOMAOCONFIG env to set the config-folder-path and the autostart-folder-patch like MAOMAOCONFIG=/home/xxx/maomao

• the only default keybinds is ctrl+alt+[F1-F12] to change tty

• the default config path is ~/.config/maomao/config.conf

• the default autostart path is ~/.config/maomao/autostart.sh

• the fallback config path is in /etc/maomao/config.conf, you can find the default config here

NixOS+Home-manager

{
  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";
    maomaowm.url = "github:DreamMaoMao/maomaowm";

  };
  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
              {
                home-manager = {
                  useGlobalPkgs = true;
                  useUserPackages = true;
                  backupFileExtension = "backup";
                  users."username".imports =
                    [
                      (
                        { ... }:
                        {
                          wayland.windowManager.maomaowm = {
                            enable = true;
                            settings = ''
                              # see config.conf
                            '';
                            autostart_sh = ''
                              # see autostart.sh
                            '';
                          };
                        }
                      )
                    ]
                    ++ [
                      # Add maomaowm hm module
                      inputs.maomaowm.hmModules.maomaowm
                    ];
                };
              }
            ];
          };
        };
      };
    };
}

my dotfile

maomao-config

thanks for some refer repo

• https://github.com/dqrk0jeste/owl - for basal window animaition

• https://github.com/djpohly/dwl - for basal dwl feature

• https://github.com/guyuming76/dwl - for text-input

• https://github.com/swaywm/sway - for foreign-toplevel