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<img src="docs/images/ferese-lockup.svg" width="300" alt="Ferese">
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<p align="center"><strong>A configurable Wayland desktop</strong></p>
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<a href="docs/installation.md">Install</a> ·
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<a href="docs/configuration.md">Configure</a> ·
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<a href="docs/screenshots.md">Screenshots</a> ·
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<a href="docs/README.md">Documentation</a>
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Ferese combines a window manager and desktop shell with one configuration.
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[View more screenshots](docs/screenshots.md)
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## Features
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- Scrolling columns with window grouping, tree tiling and floating windows that remember their size and placement
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- Workspace overview and recent-window switching
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- Remappable keyboard shortcuts and touchpad gestures
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- Multiple monitors with fractional scaling and automatic refresh-rate switching on low battery
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- Themes, wallpapers and blur that update live, with Light/Dark/Auto modes and custom KDL themes
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- Squircle window corners with matching borders and shadows
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- Desktop widgets, including a clock and sticky notes
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- Screenshots with annotation, screen sharing and built-in recording
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- A built-in lock screen and authentication dialogs
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- Settings and Control Center with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and audio controls
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## How Ferese compares
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Ferese combines scrolling and tree layouts with its own desktop controls. The table
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compares current upstream features and names separate tools where they are needed.
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| Feature | Ferese | [Hyprland](https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland) | [niri](https://github.com/niri-wm/niri) |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| Tiling layouts | Scrolling columns and tree tiling; switch per workspace | [Scrolling, dwindle, master and monocle; per-workspace layouts](https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland#features) | Scrolling columns |
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| Floating windows | Built in | Built in | Built in |
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| Workspace overview | Built in | Plugins such as [HyprExpo](https://github.com/sandwichfarm/hyprexpo) | Built in |
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| Animations | Spring and easing animations | Bézier and spring curves | [Spring and easing animations; custom shaders](https://niri-wm.github.io/niri/Configuration:-Animations.html) |
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| Live configuration reload | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Monitor mirroring | Built in | [Built in](https://wiki.hypr.land/configuring/core/monitors/) | Separate tool, such as [wl-mirror](https://niri-wm.github.io/niri/Screencasting.html#screen-mirroring) |
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| Desktop controls | Included Settings and Control Center | [Separate utilities](https://wiki.hypr.land/hypr-ecosystem/) or a desktop shell | [Separate desktop shell or tools](https://niri-wm.github.io/niri/Integrating-niri.html#desktop-components) |
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| Notifications | Included in ferese-shell | [Separate notification daemon](https://wiki.hypr.land/Useful-Utilities/Must-have/) | [Separate notification daemon or shell](https://niri-wm.github.io/niri/Integrating-niri.html) |
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| Lock screen | Included ferese-lock | Separate [hyprlock](https://wiki.hypr.land/Hypr-Ecosystem/hyprlock/) | Separate locker, such as [swaylock or hyprlock](https://niri-wm.github.io/niri/Integrating-niri.html) |
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| Screen-sharing backend | xdg-desktop-portal-ferese | [xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland](https://wiki.hypr.land/Hypr-Ecosystem/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland/) | [xdg-desktop-portal-gnome](https://niri-wm.github.io/niri/Screencasting.html#overview) |
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Ferese's shell, Settings, lock screen and dialogs use a shared theme. Other desktop
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shells, including [DankMaterialShell and Noctalia](https://niri-wm.github.io/niri/Integrating-niri.html#desktop-components),
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also include desktop controls; their features depend on the shell and tools you install.
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## Install
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Start with the [dependencies](docs/installation.md#requirements), then clone Ferese and
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build it as your normal user:
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```sh
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git clone https://github.com/ferese-wm/ferese.git
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cd ferese
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./scripts/install.sh
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```
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Once it’s installed, log out and choose **Ferese** at your login screen, or run
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`ferese-session` from a TTY or a greeter that accepts a command. The [installation
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guide](docs/installation.md) also walks you through previews, updates and recovery.
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## Configure
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Configure Ferese through **Control Center → Settings** or `~/.config/ferese/config.kdl`.
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Changes apply live. Invalid edits leave the last working configuration in place.
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The [configuration reference](docs/configuration.md) and [example
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config](packaging/config.kdl) cover everything from appearance and window layouts to
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displays and startup apps.
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## Default shortcuts
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Use `Super`, usually the Windows key, to move around your desktop, and open **Settings →
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Shortcuts** whenever you want to change a shortcut or gesture.
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| Control | Action |
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| --- | --- |
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| Super + Enter | Open a terminal |
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| Display Fn key (`XF86Display`) | Choose the display mode |
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| Super + H / J / K / L | Focus left / down / up / right |
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| Super + Backspace | Return to the last focused window |
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| Super + Escape | Toggle between the last two visited workspaces on this monitor |
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| Alt + Tab / Alt + Shift + Tab | Preview recent windows forward / backward; release Alt to select, Escape to cancel |
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| Super + F | Maximize the window |
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| Super + Shift + F | Toggle fullscreen |
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| Super + R | Cycle column width |
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| Super + Tab | Open overview |
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| Super + M | Switch scrolling / tree layout |
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| Print Screen | Capture the active monitor and open Satty |
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| Super + Shift + S | Select a screenshot area |
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| Super + Shift + E | Ask to log out |
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| Super + left-button drag | Move a floating window |
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| Super + right-button drag | Resize a floating window |
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| Three-finger swipe up / down | Next / previous workspace |
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| Three-finger swipe left / right | Focus the window to the right / left |
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See [all shortcuts and mouse actions](docs/shortcuts.md) for window and workspace controls.
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## Documentation
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The [documentation index](docs/README.md) lists the desktop guides.
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[Development instructions](docs/development.md) cover building, testing and contributing.
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Ferese is written in Rust using Smithay. Development happens [on
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GitHub](https://github.com/ferese-wm/ferese). If something goes wrong, [open an
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issue](https://github.com/ferese-wm/ferese/issues) with the steps to reproduce it and
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any relevant logs.
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