# nwg-piotr/nwg-displays

Output management utility for sway, Hyprland and Niri

Repository: https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-displays
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nwg-displays
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: sway, swaywm, display, displays, monitors, hyprland
Last push: 2026-08-24T19:52:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1654, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 15.5, "n_releases_24m": 13}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1085, forks 67 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:31.955493+00:00)

## What it is
nwg-displays is a GTK-based GUI utility for managing display outputs on the sway, Hyprland, and Niri Wayland compositors. It lets users arrange monitors, apply settings, and persist output and workspace-to-output configuration to text files.

## Use cases
- configure multiple monitors on sway with a GUI
- arrange displays in Hyprland without editing config files
- save monitor layout to monitors.conf
- assign workspaces to specific outputs
- manage display settings on Niri
- handle output names that change on restart with generic names

## When to choose
- you use sway, Hyprland, or Niri and want a graphical display configuration tool
- you frequently change monitor setups and want to save layouts
- you want workspace-to-output assignments generated automatically

## When to avoid
- you use a different Wayland compositor or X11
- you prefer editing compositor config files manually
- you need display management on a headless server

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: python
- tags: wayland, sway, hyprland, niri, display-management, gtk, nwg-shell, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- nwg-piotr/nwg-displays (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:31.955493+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 2026-08-30T06:49:52.627954+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-displays (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:31.955493+00:00, sha 9349e95c9903)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.