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River

Library and CLI tool for monitoring the River Wayland Compositor.

Usage

You can browse the River reference.

CLI

sh
astal-river --help

Library

js
import River from "gi://AstalRiver"

const river = River.get_default()

for (const output of river.get_outputs()) {
  print(output.name)
}
py
from gi.repository import AstalRiver as River

river = River.get_default()

for output in river.get_outputs():
    print(output.get_name())
lua
local River = require("lgi").require("AstalRiver")

local river = River.River.get_default()

for _, o in ipairs(river.outputs) do
    print(o.name)
end
vala
// Not yet documented

Installation

  1. install dependencies

    sh
    sudo pacman -Syu meson json-glib gobject-introspection
    sh
    sudo dnf install meson gcc json-glib-devel gobject-introspection-devel
    sh
    sudo apt install meson libjson-glib-dev gobject-introspection
  2. clone repo

    sh
    git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
    cd astal/lib/river
  3. install

    sh
    meson setup build
    meson install -C build

Released under the LGPL v2.1 License