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Wayland projects on GitHub

Modern Linux display server protocol replacing X11

As of , the most-starred Wayland projects on GitHub are rustdesk (126.1K stars), omarchy (45K stars) and Hyprland (38.9K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 34 Wayland repositories with 405.3K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was rustdesk, with +106 stars in a day.

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405.3KStars in total
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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+106

rustdesk

rustdesk/rustdesk · ★ 126.1K

RustDesk is an open-source remote desktop application written in Rust, positioned as a self-hostable alternative to TeamViewer.

+66

omarchy

omacom/omarchy · ★ 45K

Omarchy is an opinionated, pre-configured Linux desktop setup created by DHH, built on Arch Linux and the Hyprland window manager, bundling curated apps, themes, and keybindings for a polished out-of-the-box experience.

+33

deskflow

deskflow/deskflow · ★ 29.8K

A free, open-source app that lets the keyboard, mouse, or trackpad of one computer control several nearby computers, moving seamlessly between them — like a software KVM but without the video.

+33

strata

lgse/strata · ★ 1.3K

Strata is a fast, keyboard-first file manager for modern Linux desktops, built around spatial Miller-column navigation plus Icons and List views, with fuzzy search and rich file previews.

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34 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · rustdesk/rustdesk

    rustdesk

    RustDesk is an open-source remote desktop application written in Rust, positioned as a self-hostable alternative to TeamViewer.

    126.1K
  2. #2 · omacom/omarchy

    omarchy

    Omarchy is an opinionated, pre-configured Linux desktop setup created by DHH, built on Arch Linux and the Hyprland window manager, bundling curated apps, themes, and keybindings for a polished out-of-the-box experience.

    45K
  3. #3 · hyprwm/Hyprland

    Hyprland

    Hyprland is an independent, dynamic tiling Wayland compositor for Linux that focuses on both usability and visual polish, with gradient borders, blur, animations, shadows and glow built in.

    38.9K
  1. 4

    deskflow

    29.8Kdeskflow/deskflow · C++

    A free, open-source app that lets the keyboard, mouse, or trackpad of one computer control several nearby computers, moving seamlessly between them — like a software KVM but without the video.

  2. 5

    niri

    28.5Kniri-wm/niri · Rust

    niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor for Linux, written in Rust on top of Smithay. Its signature idea: windows sit in columns on an infinite strip that scrolls to the right.

  3. 6

    sway

    17.4Kswaywm/sway · C

    Sway is an i3-compatible Wayland compositor: the program that draws and arranges your windows on Linux, tiling them automatically like the i3 window manager.

  4. 7

    dots-hyprland

    16.4Kend-4/dots-hyprland · QML

    Dotfiles for Hyprland, a Wayland compositor on Linux — technically configuration files, but in practice a custom graphical shell: status bar, widgets, app overview, all styled after Material Design 3.

  5. 8

    shell

    12.9Kcaelestia-dots/shell · QML

    Caelestia shell is an animated desktop shell for Linux: the visual layer of your desktop — bar, launcher, dashboard, notifications — rendered with Quickshell on top of the Hyprland window manager under Wayland.

  6. 9

    Waybar

    12.1KAlexays/Waybar · C++

    Waybar is a highly customizable status bar built for Wayland compositors like Sway, Hyprland, River, and other wlroots-based setups, with modules for things like battery, network, audio, and the clock.

  7. 10

    wslg

    12Kmicrosoft/wslg · C++

    WSLg (Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI) adds support to WSL for running Linux GUI applications (X11 and Wayland) directly on the Windows desktop, with windows appearing in the taskbar, Start Menu, and alt-tab like native apps.

  8. 11

    noctalia

    11.4Knoctalia-dev/noctalia · C++

    Noctalia is a native Wayland desktop shell that provides bars, launcher, dock, control center, notifications, wallpaper picker, lock screen, OSDs, tray, and desktop widgets as one cohesive package instead of separate tools.

  9. 12

    kakoune

    11.1Kmawww/kakoune · C++

    Kakoune is a modal code editor that runs in the terminal and implements Vi's 'keystrokes as a text editing language' model. It was originally inspired by Vim and puts a strong focus on interactivity and multiple selections.

  10. 13

    robotgo

    10.9Kgo-vgo/robotgo · Go

    A Go library for native cross-platform desktop automation: it drives the mouse and keyboard, reads the screen, manages windows and processes, and listens to global events — aimed at RPA, auto-testing and AI computer use.

  11. 14

    peek

    10.5Kphw/peek · Vala

    Peek is a simple screen recorder for Linux with an easy to use interface: you place its window over a screen area, press Record, and get an animated GIF. It can also record directly to WebM.

  12. 15

    serpantinum

    7.3Kilyamiro/serpantinum · QML

    Serpantinum is a shell for Wayland compositors built with Quickshell and QML. It used to be a collection of dotfiles but has now become a standalone shell package you install and update on its own, separately from your compositor config.

  13. 16

    codex-desktop-linux

    3.9Kilysenko/codex-desktop-linux · JavaScript

    codex-desktop is an unofficial, community-maintained distribution of OpenAI's official Linux ChatGPT desktop app. It repackages the signed upstream payload into native deb, RPM, pacman, AppImage, and Nix outputs, adds optional Linux-only features, and installs as a separate 'ChatGPT Community' app alongside the official one.

  14. 17

    vinix

    2.6Kvlang/vinix · V

    Vinix is an effort to write a modern, fast, and useful operating system in the V programming language — a hobby OS project that also feeds improvements back into the V compiler.

  15. 18

    omarchy-mac

    2Komacom/omarchy-mac · Shell

    An opinionated Arch Linux + Hyprland desktop setup for Apple Silicon Macs (M1/M2 family), installed alongside macOS from Asahi Alarm in one command — full-disk encryption included.

  16. 19

    strata

    1.3Klgse/strata · Rust

    Strata is a fast, keyboard-first file manager for modern Linux desktops, built around spatial Miller-column navigation plus Icons and List views, with fuzzy search and rich file previews.

  17. 20

    flea

    822thisisgm/flea · QML

    Flea is a fast, keyboard-first GUI file manager built specifically for Omarchy, pairing a Rust backend with a Quickshell (QML) interface that follows your Omarchy theme.

  18. 21

    try-omarchy-windows

    633omacom/try-omarchy-windows · Go

    Try Omarchy for Windows runs the full Omarchy Linux desktop (Arch-based, Hyprland) inside a window on Windows 10 or 11, using QEMU on Windows' built-in hypervisor with GPU-accelerated rendering.

  19. 22

    Spun

    446yappologistic/Spun · C++

    Spun is a desktop music player for Linux that shows your album art spinning on a CD, vinyl record, or cassette, and can either play local music files or control Apple Music playback through the Cider client.

  20. 23

    fluxcast

    444IlyaP358/fluxcast · Python

    FluxCast streams a Linux desktop to a smart TV, TV box, or projector using Wi-Fi Direct/Miracast (WFD), DLNA, or Google Cast.

  21. 24

    omakade

    438btsouth/omakade · C++

    Omakade is a local-first game library app built for Omarchy that gathers your installed Steam, Lutris, Heroic, Faugus, RetroArch, Battle.net, Epic, GOG, and Amazon games into one cover-focused home screen that follows your Omarchy theme.

  22. 25

    omarchy-meeting-recorder

    388jankeesvw/omarchy-meeting-recorder · Rust

    Meeting Recorder is a desktop app for Omarchy that records your microphone and computer audio as two separate tracks, then produces a transcript with speaker labels, chapters and a built-in player.

  23. 26

    gyotaku

    339xevrion/gyotaku · Rust

    gyotaku is a native desktop app that OCRs every screenshot you take and lets you search them by the text inside them instead of by filename. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, entirely offline, and highlights the matched words when you open a result.

  24. 27

    omamail

    299huacnlee/omamail · QML

    Omamail is a native email client plugin for the Omarchy desktop (built on Hyprland/Quickshell) that reads, triages and answers mail from Gmail, Outlook, HEY, JMAP and IMAP accounts inside one themed window.

  25. 28

    ssh-clipboard

    244standardagents/ssh-clipboard · Rust

    ssh-clipboard syncs your clipboard across macOS and Linux machines over SSH: copy on one computer, paste on another, with text, images, files, and rich content kept in their native formats. There is no cloud component.

  26. 29

    AgentOS

    238eli-labz/AgentOS · Shell

    Agent0S is a keyboard-driven Arch Linux + Hyprland desktop environment forked from Omarchy, built so AI coding agents can read, modify and verify the system via included AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md and agent skills.

  27. 30

    omarchy-pods

    234thisisgm/omarchy-pods · C++

    It is an Omarchy bar plugin that shows AirPods battery for each pod and the case, the active listening mode, adaptive noise level, Conversation Awareness, One-Bud ANC and ear detection, drawn in the bar's own visual style.

  28. 31

    omarchy-workspace-layout

    215bjarneo/omarchy-workspace-layout · JavaScript

    It is an Omarchy plugin for Hyprland that turns per-workspace tiling into a saved shape instead of a manual resize: pick a split like 25/50/25, a 60/40 main-and-side, thirds, or a grid, drag the dividers, and your real windows move to match.

  29. 32

    omarchy-lock-explorer

    208SirJul1337/omarchy-lock-explorer · QML

    Lock Screen Explorer is an Omarchy plugin that adds dozens of ready-made lock screen designs (Greeting Card, Terminal, Weather, Music, System, Rain, and more) plus a picker UI to preview, switch, and customize them, while keeping all the normal unlock methods working.

  30. 33

    omastorm

    166wesleygrimes/omastorm · Rust

    Omastorm is a live weather radar for the Omarchy desktop: a radar popover next to the clock in your bar that expands into a full window, built with Rust and Quickshell.

  31. 34

    juhradial-mx

    140JuhLabs/juhradial-mx · Python

    JuhRadial MX is an open-source Linux app that fills the gap left by Logitech's Options+ software, giving MX Master mice (and now the MX Keypad and MX Keys S) a radial action menu, button remapping and per-app profiles on KDE Plasma, GNOME and Hyprland.

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