Getting Started
Introduction
Welcome to caffyne shell, a modern, highly customisable desktop built for Wayland.
caffyne shell is a modern, GTK-based desktop shell built on top of Fabric, Python, and GTK. It features a highly customisable drag-and-drop panel, fluid animations, and deeply integrated system applets.
Features
- Modern UI Architecture: Built with native GTK widgets running smoothly on modern Wayland compositors.
- Dynamic personalising: Powered by Matugen to deliver seamless Material You color palettes derived dynamically from your wallpapers.
- Interactive Control Hub: 15 pre-built applets covering everything from process management to a built-in quick settings panel.
- Modular Bar Design: A drag-and-drop bar structure optimized for flexibility.
Supported Window Managers
caffyne shell does not manage window configurations but connects natively to Wayland compositors. Here is the current compatibility status:
| Window Manager | Status |
|---|---|
| Niri | 🟢 Stable |
| Hyprland | 🧪 Beta |
| MangoWM | 🧪 Beta |
Support for additional Wayland distributions and compositors is actively planned for future releases.