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nwg-piotr/nwg-shell

Installer & meta-package for the nwg-shell project: a GTK3-based shell for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-shell · CSS · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

83/100

  • Activity 81
  • Release rhythm 77
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

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: 21
  • age_days: 1943
  • days_rel: 155
  • days_push: 114
  • n_releases_24m: 12

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1090 stars · 18 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

nwg-shell is a GTK3-based desktop shell for the sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors, delivered as an installer and metapackage. It bundles components such as a system panel, application launcher, dock, menu, display configuration tool, and login manager with a shared graphical configuration UI.

Use cases

  • set up a full desktop shell on sway or Hyprland
  • configure my Wayland desktop with a graphical settings tool
  • get a panel, launcher, and dock for a tiling Wayland compositor
  • manage displays and GTK look-and-feel on sway
  • install a ready-made sway/Hyprland desktop environment

When to choose

  • you use sway or Hyprland on Linux and want a cohesive, preconfigured shell
  • you want GUI tools for display, appearance, and shell configuration instead of hand-editing configs
  • you want an integrated set of panel, launcher, dock, clipboard, and lock-screen tools

When to avoid

  • you use GNOME, KDE, or X11 desktops - it targets wlroots-based Wayland compositors only
  • you prefer building a minimal setup from individually chosen components
  • you need a shell for compositors outside sway/Hyprland

Facets

application · maturity active

gui configuration-management developer-tools desktop-applications operating-systems developer-tools cli wayland sway hyprland gtk3 tiling-window-manager desktop-shell metapackage panel launcher linux desktop

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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