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[https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/greetd greetd] is a minimal login manager.
[https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/greetd greetd] is a minimal and flexible login manager daemon.


== Usage ==
== Greeters ==


Using this configuration, greetd will use the greeter <code>gtkgreet</code>, asking for user, password and which session to start as defined in the <code>/etc/greetd/environments</code> file:
=== GTKGreet ===
Using this configuration, greetd will use the greeter [https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/gtkgreet gtkgreet], asking for user, password and which session to start as defined in the <code>/etc/greetd/environments</code> file:
{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
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</nowiki>}}
</nowiki>}}


{{note|1=<nowiki/>
If you're hosting gtkgreet in a Wayland compositor, there is a known issue, between GTK portals and dbus, of a delay before the greeter appears,. There are a couple known workarounds depending on the compositor you're using:
* Cage: https://github.com/Hjdskes/cage/issues/169#issuecomment-691659377
* Sway: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#gtk-applications-take-20-seconds-to-start
}}
=== ReGreet ===
[https://github.com/rharish101/ReGreet ReGreet] is a clean and customizable GTK-based greetd greeter written in Rust. It is meant to be run under a Wayland compositor, such as Sway. Configuration options may be found under [https://search.nixos.org/options?&query=regreet programs.regreet].
Installation is as simple as enabling it within your configuration.
{{File|3=programs.regreet.enable = true;|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}
You can also style and configure ReGreet through Nix easily.
{{File|3=programs.regreet = {
  enable = true;
    # For this example you'd need to have a version of Adwaita and the font Cantarell installed
    theme.name = "Adwaita";
    font = {
      name = "Cantarell";
      size = 16;
    };
    cursorTheme.name = "Adwaita";
};|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}
== Automatic startup ==
In this minimal example, the Wayland compositor [[Sway]] automatically gets executed by the user <code>myuser</code> after successfull boot, no password required:
In this minimal example, the Wayland compositor [[Sway]] automatically gets executed by the user <code>myuser</code> after successfull boot, no password required:


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<code>initial_session</code> is executed automatically. If you just define <code>default_session</code>, greetd will ask for a password and execute <code>command</code> with user <code>myuser</code>.
<code>initial_session</code> is executed automatically. If you just define <code>default_session</code>, greetd will ask for a password and execute <code>command</code> with user <code>myuser</code>.


{{note|1=<nowiki/>
[[Category:Wayland]]
If you're hosting gtkgreet in a Wayland compositor, there is a known issue, between GTK portals and dbus, of a delay before the greeter appears,. There are a couple known workarounds depending on the compositor you're using:
 
* Cage: https://github.com/Hjdskes/cage/issues/169#issuecomment-691659377
* Sway: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#gtk-applications-take-20-seconds-to-start
}}
 
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