fairyglade/ly
A lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager for Linux and BSD (mirror of https://codeberg.org/fairyglade/ly). observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3389
- days_rel: 538
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
7541 stars · 349 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Ly is a lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager for Linux and BSD, written in Zig. It handles graphical login sessions via PAM and works without systemd, with support for X11 and custom animations.
Use cases
- lightweight display manager for a minimal Linux install
- login manager that works without systemd
- TUI login screen for BSD
- replace SDDM or LightDM with something lighter
- graphical login on a window-manager-only setup
- console-style login screen with custom animations
When to choose
- you run a minimal Linux or BSD system without systemd
- you want a fast, lightweight, terminal-based login manager
- you use a window manager and just need a simple login prompt
- you want a hackable display manager with custom animations
When to avoid
- you need a full-featured graphical display manager with theming and mouse support
- you rely on automatic session discovery and desktop-environment integration
- you run a SELinux-heavy distro and don't want to manage policy modules
Facets
application · maturity active
auth cli developer-tools operating-systems self-hosted developer-tools bsd cli display-manager login-manager tui pam x11 wayland zig linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/fairyglade/ly · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0ce1309b7dab
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| fairyglade/ly | main | 67 |
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