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[https://github.com/yshui/picom picom] is a standalone [[compositor]] for [[Xorg]], suitable for use with [[window managers]] that do not provide compositing. picom is a fork of [https://github.com/chjj/compton/ compton], which is a fork of [https://web.archive.org/web/20150429182855/http://oliwer.net/xcompmgr-dana/ xcompmgr-dana], which in turn is a fork of xcompmgr.

[https://github.com/yshui/picom picom] is a standalone [[compositor]] for [[Xorg]], suitable for use with window managers that do not provide compositing. picom is a fork of [https://github.com/chjj/compton/ compton], which is a fork of [https://web.archive.org/web/20150429182855/http://oliwer.net/xcompmgr-dana/ xcompmgr-dana], which in turn is a fork of xcompmgr.

== Installation ==

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packages.picom.enable = true;

</syntaxhighlight>

== Installing a custom fork ==

Picom is known for having multiple forks, each having their own features such as animations, better performance or fixes that the most popular forks don't implement. Usually these forks are not available in [[nixpkgs]]. But with the following code you can compile and build custom versions from any source. [https://github.com/nix-community/nurl Nurl] can be used to generate fetch calls.<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [

(picom.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {

src = fetchFromGitHub {

owner = "pijulius";

repo = "picom";

rev = "da21aa8ef70f9796bc8609fb495c3a1e02df93f9";

hash = "sha256-rxGWAot+6FnXKjNZkMl1uHHHEMVSxm36G3VoV1vSXLA=";

};

}))

];

</syntaxhighlight>

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=== Issues with Nvidia proprietary drivers ===

See [[Nvidia#Fix_app_flickering_with_Picom]]

[[Category:Window managers]]

[[Category:Applications]]

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-[https://github.com/yshui/picom picom] is a standalone [[compositor]] for [[Xorg]], suitable for use with [[window managers]] that do not provide compositing. picom is a fork of [https://github.com/chjj/compton/ compton], which is a fork of [https://web.archive.org/web/20150429182855/http://oliwer.net/xcompmgr-dana/ xcompmgr-dana], which in turn is a fork of xcompmgr.
+[https://github.com/yshui/picom picom] is a standalone [[compositor]] for [[Xorg]], suitable for use with window managers that do not provide compositing. picom is a fork of [https://github.com/chjj/compton/ compton], which is a fork of [https://web.archive.org/web/20150429182855/http://oliwer.net/xcompmgr-dana/ xcompmgr-dana], which in turn is a fork of xcompmgr.
 == Installation ==
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 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
 packages.picom.enable = true;
+</syntaxhighlight>
+== Installing a custom fork ==
+Picom is known for having multiple forks, each having their own features such as animations, better performance or fixes that the most popular forks don't implement. Usually these forks are not available in [[nixpkgs]]. But with the following code you can compile and build custom versions from any source. [https://github.com/nix-community/nurl Nurl] can be used to generate fetch calls.<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+  (picom.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "pijulius";
+      repo = "picom";
+      rev = "da21aa8ef70f9796bc8609fb495c3a1e02df93f9";
+      hash = "sha256-rxGWAot+6FnXKjNZkMl1uHHHEMVSxm36G3VoV1vSXLA=";
+    };
+  }))
+];
 </syntaxhighlight>
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 === Issues with Nvidia proprietary drivers ===
 See [[Nvidia#Fix_app_flickering_with_Picom]]
+[[Category:Window managers]]
+[[Category:Applications]]