# nwg-piotr/nwg-shell

Installer & meta-package for the nwg-shell project: a GTK3-based shell for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors

Repository: https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-shell
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nwg-shell
Language: CSS
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: sway, wlroots, gtk, gtk3, launcher, panel, menu, bar
Last push: 2026-05-12T00:28:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 77, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1943, "days_push": 114, "days_rel": 155, "gap_med": 21, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1090, forks 18 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:32.865019+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: wayland, sway, hyprland, gtk3, tiling-window-manager, desktop-shell, metapackage, panel, launcher, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- nwg-piotr/nwg-shell (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.865019+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 2026-08-30T06:49:13.934891+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-shell (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.865019+00:00, sha ec4429a2aec8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.