# fairyglade/ly

A lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager for Linux and BSD (mirror of https://codeberg.org/fairyglade/ly).

Repository: https://github.com/fairyglade/ly
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ly
Language: Zig
License: WTFPL
License Family: permissive
Topics: linux, login, pam, tui, zig
Last push: 2026-08-26T13:53:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3389, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 538, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7541, forks 349 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:00.673190+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: auth, cli, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: bsd, cli
- tags: display-manager, login-manager, tui, pam, x11, wayland, zig, linux

## Member repositories
- fairyglade/ly (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:00.673190+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:37:25.542356+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fairyglade/ly (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:00.673190+00:00, sha 0ce1309b7dab)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.