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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>

{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:

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</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:

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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>.

~~{{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

}}

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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>
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
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 </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:
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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>.
-{{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
-}}
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