Ly-sec/Noctalia
Noctalia
Noctalia is a Wayland desktop shell and layer shell manager designed to coordinate bars, docks, and notification centers through a unified interface. It functions as a low-resource system controller and execution environment that maintains a minimal memory footprint for unobtrusive background operations.
The project features a plugin-based extension system for adding custom widgets, launcher providers, and background services. It includes a real-time configuration engine that monitors files to update desktop appearance and behavior without requiring a restart.
The system integrates with Wayland display protocols to manage layer shells and session locking. Its capability surface covers unified desktop element management, compositor customization, and a dynamic module system for extending shell functionality.
Features
- Desktop Shell Interfaces - Provides a customizable graphical shell environment that coordinates bars, docks, and notification centers for Wayland.
- Wayland Desktop Shells - Provides a complete management layer for Wayland compositors to coordinate bars, docks, and notification centers.
- Desktop Element Coordination - Coordinates the behavior of bars, docks, and notification centers to create a consistent user interface experience.
- Live-Monitoring Configuration - Implements a configuration engine that monitors files to update desktop behavior and appearance in real time.
- Desktop Shell Plugin Frameworks - Provides a plugin framework for extending the desktop shell with custom widgets and background daemons.
- Real-time Configuration Updates - Implements mechanisms for pushing configuration changes to the running shell instantly without requiring a restart.
- Layer-Shell Protocol Integration - Integrates with the Wayland layer-shell protocol to manage the visual stacking and positioning of shell elements.
- Desktop Shells - Implements a graphical interface and workspace management environment for Wayland-based desktop operating systems.
- Core Capability Extensions - Provides mechanisms for extending the fundamental operational logic of the shell via a plugin system.
- Plugin-Based Extensibility - Implements an architectural pattern that allows adding custom widgets and background services via dynamic plugins.
- Desktop Behavior Configuration - Allows customization of window management rules and desktop shell behaviors via configuration files.
- Configuration Hot-Reloading - Provides capabilities to refresh desktop settings and logic from files without requiring a full process restart.
- Shell Element Coordination - Synchronizes the positioning and behavior of bars, docks, and notifications through a single management controller.
- Low-Footprint Execution Environments - Executes system operations with a minimal memory footprint to maintain a quiet and unobtrusive background presence.
- Resource-Efficient System Tasks - Runs background system tasks with a minimal memory footprint to maintain an unobtrusive operational profile.
- Low-Resource System Controllers - Functions as a background execution environment designed with a minimal memory footprint for unobtrusive operations.
- Unobtrusive Background Operations - Executes system operations with a minimal resource footprint to maintain a quiet and unobtrusive operational profile.
- Desktop Shells - Minimal desktop shell built with Quickshell.
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