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Well, I'm happy to release the first stable version of niri, my scrollable-tiling compositor: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v0.1.0 Very satisfied with the current state, even though there's plenty left to do. Took a lot of time and work but I've certainly learned a lot, and I'm glad to have contributed a bit to Smithay too! #wayland #rust #smithay

The window opening animation is now live as part of niri v0.1.2: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v0.1.2 I'm really looking forward to more animations, but wow they sure do need a lot of care to get right in all the edge cases. Also, I added a way to programmatically invoke compositor actions, and turns out that's quite useful for making video demos! #wayland #rust #smithay

Tagged niri v0.1.3: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v0.1.3 This one has much improved touchpad gestures with inertia, springs, rubberbanding and everything else I copied from libadwaita, my primary source for things that feel good Also thanks @alice@mk.nyaa.place for helping and giving feedback on the gestures and for giving a try to the touch support! #wayland #rust #smithay

Amidst all the fires being put out, niri 0.1.4 which can block out windows from screencasts! https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v0.1.4 And also gamma control, focus follows mouse, warp mouse to focus, wheel and touchpad scroll bindings, xdp-gnome 46 support. Also, every single config option is now documented on the wiki! Which took like an entire week of work (even though I was reusing a lot of my previously written docs in the config). Check it out here: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Overview #wayland #smithay #rust #niri

All the animations, plus VRR, today in niri 0.1.5: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v0.1.5 I also remade the demo video to showcase the animations and some of the newer features! #niri #smithay #rust #wayland

Another tricky feature, rounded corners! Took several days, but I believe I've got a pretty complete implementation. You (manually) set the window corner radius and whether to force-clip the window. You can set radius per-corner to match GTK 3 apps. It works correctly with subsurfaces, blocked-out windows, transparency, gradient borders, resize and other animations. Optimization-wise, opaque regions and even overlay plane unredirection work where possible! #niri #smithay

Niri 0.1.6 with interactive window resizing, rounded corners, named workspaces, mouse view scrolling, animation custom shaders, screen transition! https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v0.1.6 Didn't realize quite how many release notes there would be this time; even had to use an extra level of headings. 😅 #niri #smithay #rust #wayland

Over the past few weeks I've been working on fractional scaling for niri. A simple implementation took about a day, but to do it *properly* I had to refactor the entire layout code to work in floating-point. The result is well worth it though. Borders, gaps and windows are always physical-pixel aligned, and not restricted to integer logical pixel positions. There's no blur or position-dependent +-1 px jank. Fractional-scale-aware clients remain crisp at any scale. #niri #smithay

niri v0.1.7 is out with fractional scaling, window screencasts and many smaller improvements! https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v0.1.7 #niri #smithay #wayland #rust

My Wayland compositor, niri, turns one today! Here's v0.1.8 with bind key repeat, screenshot UI pointer toggle, gradient color spaces, wlr screencopy v3 and output management, and lots of other improvements: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v0.1.8 #niri #smithay #wayland #rust

After the Waybar maintainer speedran merging my niri modules and releasing, I would feel bad delaying any longer, so here's niri 0.1.9 :) Event stream IPC for bars, better window resizing, properly named outputs, on-demand VRR, out-of-the-box fix for NVIDIA flickering, and other improvements! https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v0.1.9 #niri #smithay #wayland #rust

Interactive window moving, laptop lid and tablet mode switch binds, mouse and touchpad scroll speed setting in today's niri v0.1.10 release! https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v0.1.10 Also, niri-ipc is now on crates.io, but keep in mind that it will not be Rust-semver-stable: https://crates.io/crates/niri-ipc #wayland #smithay #rust #niri

After a full day of writing release notes (god how'd it take so long 😫), niri v25.01 is out with Floating Windows and Working Layer-Shell Desktop Icons and Layer-Shell Screencast Blocking Out and so many more improvements! Yes, you read that right, we finally escaped zerover! I feel that niri is now ready to graduate from v0.1 Read here and download when your distribution package updates: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v25.01 #niri #smithay #wayland #rust

Today I'm releasing niri v25.02 with tabs, shadows, DnD view scrolling, and a ton of other improvements! Read the release notes at https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v25.02 and @ your distro to update the package. [[honestly wtf how did so much stuff happen, it's been barely over a month]] #niri #smithay #wayland #rust

After long 3 months of work, I'm glad to release niri v25.05 with the Overview, screenshot UI tablet and touch support, dynamic screencast target and windowed fullscreen, IPC pick-window and pick-color, window urgency, and lots of other things! Release notes prepared for your reading pleasure as always: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v25.05 #niri #smithay #rust #wayland

niri v25.08 is now released with a logo, xwayland-satellite integration, basic screen reader support, NVIDIA screencast flickering fix, window positions and sizes in IPC, and many other improvements! Read the notes here: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v25.08 now i need at least a month off from any release notes preparation 😴 #niri #smithay #wayland #rust

Today I'm releasing niri v25.11 with long-awaited config includes, Alt-Tab, true maximize, custom modes, and a bunch of other improvements! Enjoy the release notes :) https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v25.11 #niri #smithay #wayland #rust