Scenefx: a drop-in replacement for the wlroots scene API
SceneFX enhances Wayland compositor development by replacing the default renderer with a custom one, enabling advanced visual effects. It requires compiling from source and has a Discord community for support.
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SceneFX is a project designed to enhance the Wayland compositor development experience by replacing the default wlr renderer with a custom fx renderer. This new renderer enables advanced visual effects such as blur, shadows, and rounded corners while maintaining the simplicity of the scene API. Built on the wlroots library, SceneFX is currently utilized by SwayFX version 0.4, but it is not yet fully ready for use by other compositors. Progress towards a stable 1.0 release can be tracked on their milestone page.
To install SceneFX, users must compile it from source. The installation process involves several steps, starting with the installation of dependencies, which include meson, wlroots, wayland, wayland-protocols, EGL, GLESv2, libdrm, and pixman. Some of these dependencies are only required at compile time. After installing the necessary dependencies, users can compile the project by running specific commands in the terminal: first, setting up the build environment with meson, followed by compiling with ninja. Finally, the installation is completed with a command to install the compiled project.
For further information and community support, users are encouraged to join the SceneFX Discord community.
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