WayCast

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Installation ​

Dependencies ​

WayCast's dependencies are primarily based on Iced's dependencies, with additional requirements for the plugin system. For development and nix installations, the flake.nix takes care of these. If you're installing WayCast on a different system, make sure you have the following libraries available:

Iced requirements:

  • expat
  • fontconfig
  • freetype
  • freetype.dev
  • libGL
  • pkg-config
  • xorg.libX11
  • xorg.libXcursor
  • xorg.libXi
  • xorg.libXrandr
  • wayland
  • libxkbcommon

Plugin requirements:

  • glib (for file type detection and launching)

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR HYPRLAND ​

If you want waycast to start up even faster, remove the default "fade" animation hyprland adds to layer shell windows:

Nix

nix
layerrule = [
  "noanim, Waycast"
];

Other

layerrule = "noanim, Waycast";

Nix Flakes ​

Add to your flake.nix inputs:

nix
waycast.url = "git+https://gitgud.foo/thegrind/waycast";

Add the overlay:

nix
  overlays = [
    inputs.waycast.overlays.default
  ];

We also provide a home manager module.

Just the package:

nix
nixpkgs.overlays = [ inputs.waycast.overlays.default ];
environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.waycast ];
# or for home-manager:
home.packages = [ pkgs.waycast ];

Nix Build ​

If you don't use Nix to manage your packages, you can still use it to build from source.

Just clone the repo and run:

sh
nix build .

Build from source ​

You'll need the rust toolchain as long as the dependencies outlined above. Then you can just run:

sh
cargo install