• src/render_helpers/shaders/clipped_surface.frag - Main liquid glass effect shader (based on kwin-effects-glass)

• src/render_helpers/liquid_glass.rs - LiquidGlassOptions struct with effect parameters
• src/render_helpers/background_effect.rs - Liquid glass integration with background effect
• src/render_helpers/framebuffer_effect.rs - Uniform passing to shader (windows)
• src/render_helpers/xray.rs - Uniform passing to shader (xray)
• src/render_helpers/shaders/mod.rs - Uniform registration during shader compilation
• src/render_helpers/mod.rs - Module declaration for liquid_glass

• config.kdl - Example configuration with liquid-glass enabled

This repo ships a flake that builds niri with the liquid-glass overlay applied on top of the matching upstream niri release (pinned to rev 49fc611, niri 26.04). No manual file copying or install.sh needed.

Quick try-out (no install):

nix run github:zaroutt/Niri-glass          # run the compositor
nix shell github:zaroutt/Niri-glass        # drop niri-glass into a shell
nix develop github:zaroutt/Niri-glass      # dev shell (rust + niri build deps)
nix build  github:zaroutt/Niri-glass       # build, result at ./result

NixOS (flake), reusing the upstream niri session/portal/polkit wiring:

{
  inputs.niri-glass.url = "github:zaroutt/Niri-glass";

  # in your nixosConfiguration modules:
  imports = [ inputs.niri-glass.nixosModules.default ];
  programs.niri-glass.enable = true;
}

home-manager:

{
  imports = [ inputs.niri-glass.homeManagerModules.default ];
  programs.niri-glass = {
    enable = true;
    # optional: manage ~/.config/niri/config.kdl
    config = builtins.readFile ./niri/config.kdl;
  };
}

Or just add the package via the overlay (overlays.default exposes pkgs.niri-glass) or reference inputs.niri-glass.packages.<system>.niri-glass directly anywhere a package is expected (e.g. programs.niri.package).

The flake is pinned to the exact niri revision these overlay files were written against. If you bump the niri input, refresh the overlay files to match or the build may fail to compile.

Clone the repo and run the install script:

git clone https://github.com/zaroutt/Niri-glass
cd Niri-glass

./install.sh /path/to/niri/src

If no path is provided, defaults to ~/niri. The script copies all modified files, recompiles niri, and installs the binary.

1. Copy files to your niri src/ directory
2. Run cargo build --release in the niri source
3. Copy target/release/niri to /usr/bin/niri (requires sudo)

• for the effect work well the xray must be true. if not, the borders will have artifacts

In config.kdl:

window-rule {
    match app-id =".*"
    background-effect {
        blur true
        xray true 
        liquid-glass {
            refraction-strength 3.0
            power-factor 10
            refraction-power 1.0
            glow-weight 0.0001
            edge-lighting 0.2
            saturation 0.9
            vibrancy 0.2
            adaptive-dim 0.2
            adaptive-boost 0.2
            physical-refraction 0
            lens distortion 0
            fringing 0
            
        }
    }
}

saturation 0.9
vibrancy 0.2
adaptive-dim 0.25
adaptive-boost 0.25

With all parameters set to 0 (except saturation, which is set to 1):

```

• fringing: this make rgb colors appear

  

• edge-lightning

  this make the wallpapers colors blend with the edges

• Vibe coded project so expect weirdly behavior.