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# river
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river is a dynamic wayland compositor that takes inspiration from
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[dwm](https://dwm.suckless.org) and
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[bspwm](https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm).
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*Note: river is currently early in development and may lack some
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features. If there are specific features blocking you from using river,
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don't hesitate to
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[open an issue](https://github.com/ifreund/river/issues/new)*
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## Design goals
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- Simplicity and minimalism, river should not overstep the bounds of a
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window manger.
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- Dynamic window management based on a stack of views and tags like dwm.
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- Scriptable configuration and control through a separate binary,
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`riverctl`, like bspwm. This works using the custom
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[river-control](protocol/river-control-unstable-v1.xml) protocol.
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## Building
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To compile river first ensure that you have the following dependencies
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installed:
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- [zig](https://github.com/ziglang/zig) 0.6.0
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- wayland
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- wayland-protocols
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- [wlroots](https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots) 0.10.1
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- xkbcommon
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- pixman
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- pkg-config
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Then simply use `zig build` to build and `zig build run` to run. This will also
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build `riverctl` which can be found at `zig-cache/bin/riverctl`. To enable
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experimental Xwayland support use `-Dxwayland=true`.
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*Note: NixOS users should refer to the
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[Building on NixOS wiki page](https://github.com/ifreund/river/wiki/Building-on-NixOS)*
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River can either be run nested in an X11/wayland session or directly
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from a tty using KMS/DRM.
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Keybinds are similar to the defaults of dwm, but using the "logo key"
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instead of alt. Check out the comments in [config.zig](src/config.zig) for
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a complete list of bindings. Note that the terminal emulator is currently
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hardcoded to [alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty) but
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may be changed by editing [config.zig](src/config.zig) and recompiling.
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## Development
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Check out the [roadmap](https://github.com/ifreund/river/issues/1)
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if you'd like to see what has been done and what is left to do.
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If you are interested in the development of river, please join our
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matrix channel: [#river:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#river:matrix.org).
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You should also read [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) if you intend
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to submit patches.
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I can often be found in the `#sway-devel` IRC channel with the
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nick `ifreund` on irc.freenode.net as well, or reached by email at
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[ifreund@ifreund.xyz](mailto:ifreund@ifreund.xyz).
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## Licensing
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river is released under the GNU General Public License version 3, or (at your
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option) any later version.
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The protocols in the `protocol` directory are released under various licenses by
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various parties. You should refer to the copyright block of each protocol for
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the licensing information. The protocols prefixed with `river` and developed by
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this project are released under the ISC license (as stated in their copyright
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blocks).
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