ubuntu/lightdm
Display Manager observed · 2026-10-16
Health v2 · maintenance only
96/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 90
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-22. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 9
- age_days: 3309
- days_rel: 66
- days_push: 6
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
1012 stars · 172 forks observed · 2026-10-16
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-07, confidence 0.95
LightDM is a lightweight, cross-desktop display manager daemon that runs display servers (X, Wayland, Mir), presents greeters for user login, and handles PAM authentication and session startup. It supports remote graphical login via XDMCP and VNC, guest sessions, and is configurable through keyfile-format configuration files.
Use cases
- set up a login screen for a Linux desktop without a heavyweight display manager
- run a graphical login manager on a low-memory system or lightweight desktop like Xfce or LXQt
- provide remote graphical login to Linux machines via XDMCP or VNC
- support multiple desktop environments and session types on one machine
- enable guest sessions on a shared Linux computer
- build a custom themed login greeter for a Linux distribution
When to avoid
- you use GNOME, which defaults to and integrates tightly with GDM
- you need a display manager with a built-in greeter, since LightDM requires installing a separate greeter
- you need advanced integrations only GDM or SDDM provide, such as fingerprint/facial auth UI built in
Facets
application · maturity stable
auth gui operating-systems desktop-applications developer-tools cross-platform display-manager login-screen x11 wayland pam xdmcp greeter system-daemon linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/ubuntu/lightdm · fetched 2026-10-16 · 2d492cc139e8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ubuntu/lightdm | main | 96 |
For agents
Data as of 2026-10-19T08:05:51.212177+00:00 · Report a problem