My vision of a dynamic island for Hyprland. Originally developed for personal use, shared after genuine interest from the Reddit community.
Based on nixos-configuration by ilyamiro
Contextual content — automatically switches based on system state:
- Music player (album art, title, artist, progress)
- Discord voice call (live timer, mute button)
- Screen recording indicator
- Notifications with expand-to-read
- Clock + weather (default)
Dual bubble — Discord call pill appears alongside music player simultaneously
App Launcher — island morphs into Spotlight-style launcher with fuzzy search and icons
Clipboard Viewer — cliphist-based history with image/text detection
VPN badge — lock icon with snap-shut animation under temperature
Pet pill — animated cat reacts to music and notifications
| Component | Technology |
|---|---|
| Shell | Quickshell |
| Language | QML |
| Compositor | Hyprland |
| IPC | inotifywait on /tmp/qs_* |
| Music | playerctl |
| Weather | wttr.in |
| Clipboard | cliphist + wl-copy |
| Notifications | custom daemon |
quickshell inotify-tools playerctl cliphist wl-clipboard python3 gtk-launch flatpak (optional) JetBrains Mono, Iosevka Nerd Font
Clone repo
Run instalation script
| Bind | Action |
|---|---|
| Super + Space | App Launcher |
| Super + C | Clipboard Viewer |
Each component is a separate PanelWindow. IPC works via inotifywait on /tmp/qs_* files — no sockets, no daemons. The island hides itself when the launcher opens via /tmp/qs_launcher_state, creating a morph illusion since both windows share the same top-center position.
