Tested Configurations

Tested Configurations

These are the setups the maintainer has tested this Linux branch on. Other Wayland setups should work via their compositor-native providers but are untested — behavior varies by distribution, desktop environment, and especially Wayland implementation.

Tested setups

Distribution	Desktop	Display server	Notes
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS	GNOME 42.9	X11	—
Linux Mint 22.3	Cinnamon 6.6.7	X11	Global hotkey via the in-process X11 hook; xdotool for keyboard input and active-window detection, with dictation typed directly into gnome-terminal.
Fedora 44	GNOME 46+	Wayland	Window Calls extension installed for active-window detection.
Fedora 44	KDE Plasma 6.6	Wayland	Global hotkey via the evdev backend with input-group membership; ydotool for keyboard input; kdotool for active-window detection.
Arch Linux (Omarchy 3.8.2)	Hyprland 0.55.2	Wayland	Recording indicator via a desktop notification instead of the overlay; global hotkey via the evdev backend with input-group membership; ydotool for keyboard input (with the uinput module loaded and persisted during setup); Hyprland's compositor-native window provider for active-window detection.

Untested but expected to work

Other Wayland setups — Sway and other wlroots compositors, and other GNOME versions — should work via their respective compositor-native window providers, but have not been tested at this time.

Linux desktop behavior can vary by distribution, compositor, desktop environment, and especially Wayland implementation. Compositor-native window providers exist for Hyprland, Sway, KDE Plasma (via kdotool), and GNOME (via the Window Calls extension); URL detection on Wayland uses AT-SPI and requires browser-side accessibility to be enabled.

Related pages

• Wayland notes — the per-compositor providers and setup steps referenced above.
• Troubleshooting — what to do when a setup-specific issue comes up.

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Changelog

Date	Change
2026-06-17	Initial version.