maomaowm/README.md

Master-Stack Layout

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/da80c6d1-b9a5-44c4-b738-6421365e6aa5

Scroller Layout

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2ff96868-b276-4fa1-b4d7-87bdc36beb3c

Maomaowm

This project is developed based on dwl(0.5) , adding many window functions supported in hyprland, such as window switching by direction, non-empty workspace switching ,etc... It also integrates niri's scroll layout and sway'scratchpad . See below for more features

some special feature

• hycov like overview
• foreign-toplevel support(dunst,waybar wlr taskbar)
• minimize window to waybar(like hych)
• sway scratchpad support
• 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

suggest tools

yay -S wofi 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/

# some suggest config
cp autostart.sh ~/.config/maomao/
cp waybar ~/.config/maomao/ -r 
cp wofi ~/.config/maomao/ -r 
cp wallpaper ~/.config/maomao/ -r

config

Note

The configuration file is located in config.h. This file is generated every time the meson build command is executed. If the file already exists, it will not be regenerated. If you encounter compilation issues after updating, please try to remove this file and the build folder, then rerun the meson build command.

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