Welcome to Verdi, a modern, elegant, and fresh Wayland compositor that aims to reshape the Wayland ecosystem from the ground up. Verdi isn't just another compositor; it's a complete reimagining of what a Wayland compositor can be, built to empower developers and users alike with performance and flexibility without sacrificing on stability.
Unlike many other Wayland compositors, Verdi is crafted from scratch, free from reliance on existing libraries, providing a fresh and innovative architecture. At its core, Verdi is powered by this cutting-edge technologies:
- Tokio: A state-of-the-art asynchronous runtime for the Rust programming language, enabling Verdi to handle the async nature of the protocol without fear.
- wgpu: A modern and powerful graphics API that ensures Verdi is not only performant but also compatible with a broad range of hardware, including more esoteric setups like NVIDIA GPUs.
Comprehensive documentation for Verdi is available at docs.verdi.rocks. Keep in mind that documentation is still work in progress and stuff might be missing
Join our growing community on Discord. This is the primary hub for discussion, support, and collaboration. Whether you're a developer interested in contributing or a user eager to test the latest features, our community is here to help.
If you're using an Arch-based distribution, Verdi is available as a development package in the AUR. You can easily install it using your favorite AUR helper:
paru -S verdi-gitSupport for additional distributions is on the roadmap and will be available soon.
Verdi is highly configurable via a simple TOML file. The main configuration file can be found at:
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/verdi/verdi.toml (Typically ~/.config/verdi/verdi.toml on
most systems).
For detailed configuration options, visit our documentation.
Before you start building Verdi, ensure that your environment meets the following prerequisites:
- just: Must be installed and available in your
system's
PATH. - Rust: Installed via rustup. Note that distro-provided versions of Rust are not supported.
- System Libraries: Ensure that
libinputandlibudevlibraries are installed, along with their corresponding headers.
Once the prerequisites are in place, you can build and install Verdi with:
just && just installFor more detailed build instructions, check the documentation.
Verdi is still in its early stages, with many exciting features and improvements planned. Our focus is on stability, performance, and expanding support for a wider range of hardware. The mission of Verdi extends beyond building a stable and feature-rich compositor. Verdi is an ambitious project that seeks to contribute to the overall advancement of the Wayland ecosystem. Every line of code in Verdi is written in Rust, ensuring memory safety, concurrency without data races, and reliability.
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This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License. For more information, please see the LICENSE file.
