{"repo":"fairyglade/ly","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/fairyglade/ly","clone":"git clone https://github.com/fairyglade/ly.git","description":"A lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager for Linux and BSD (mirror of https://codeberg.org/fairyglade/ly).","language":"Zig","stars":7531,"topics":["linux","login","pam","tui","zig"],"license":"WTFPL","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"The Ly display manager Note: the above animation can be found here! Ly is a lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager for Linux and BSD, designed with portability in mind and doesn't require systemd to run. Join us on Matrix over at #ly-dm:matrix.org! [!NOTE] Development happens on Codeberg with a mirror on GitHub. Dependencies - Compile-time: - zig 0.16.x (you must use a release version of zig; check that zig version does not have a -dev suffix) - libc - pam - xcb (optional, required by default; needed for X11 support) - Runtime (with default config): - xorg - xorg-xauth - shutdown - brightnessctl Debian Fedora [!WARNING] Distributions using SELinux such as Fedora and openSUSE Tumbleweed may encounter issues. If you encounter such issues, such as session launch failures, proceed with the following steps: If SELinux is denying process context transition, you will see this output: Pipe this output into audit2allow to generate a security module package. This will persist regardless of changes to filesystem permissions: This fix has been confirmed on Fedora 39 and 44 and openSUSE Tumbleweed. (#494) FreeBSD Availability Custom animations & user scripts If you want to pimp your Ly installation even further than what the traditional configuration file allows you to, a community repository exists containing custom animations & scripts, so go check it out! Support Every environment that works on other login managers also should work on Ly. - Unlike most login managers Ly has an ","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/fairyglade","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/fairyglade/ly/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}