cage-kiosk/cage

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2030 stars · 140 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Cage is a Wayland kiosk compositor that runs a single maximized application and prevents user interaction with anything else. It is built on wlroots and supports multiple outputs, dialogs, and pointer, keyboard, and touch input.

Use cases

• run a single app fullscreen on a kiosk display
• build an embedded Linux device with a locked-down UI
• display one maximized Wayland application without a full desktop
• set up a digital signage or point-of-sale screen
• learn Wayland and wlroots compositor development
• prevent users from moving or resizing windows on a public terminal

When to choose

• you need a minimal Wayland compositor that locks the user to one application
• you are building kiosk-style hardware like signage, ATMs, or embedded panels
• you want a small, hackable wlroots-based compositor as a starting point

When to avoid

• you need a full desktop environment with workspaces and window management
• you need X11 rather than Wayland
• you need configurable output layouts or virtual workspaces

Facets

application · maturity active

gui graphics operating-systems desktop-applications embedded-systems cpp wayland compositor kiosk wlroots single-application embedded-displays linux desktop

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