# sway [](https://travis-ci.org/SirCmpwn/sway) [](https://drewdevault.com/donate?project=4) "**S**irCmpwn's **Way**land compositor" is a **work in progress** i3-compatible [Wayland](http://wayland.freedesktop.org/) compositor. Read the [FAQ](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway/wiki). Join the [IRC channel](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=sway&uio=d4) (#sway on irc.freenode.net). [](https://sr.ht/ICd5.png) [More screenshots](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway/wiki/Screenshots-of-Sway) ## Release Signatures Releases are signed with [B22DA89A](http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x52CB6609B22DA89A) and published [on GitHub](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway/releases). ## Status - [i3 feature support](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway/issues/2) - [IPC feature support](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway/issues/98) - [i3bar feature support](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway/issues/343) - [i3-gaps feature support](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway/issues/307) - [security features](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway/issues/984) [Bounties](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway/issues/986): sponsor features or get paid to write them ## Installation ### From Packages Sway is available in many distributions. Try installing the "sway" package for yours. If it's not available, check out [this wiki page](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway/wiki/Unsupported-packages) for information on installation for your distributions. If you're interested in packaging Sway for your distribution, stop by the IRC channel or shoot an email to sir@cmpwn.com for advice. ### Compiling from Source Install dependencies: * cmake * [wlc](https://github.com/Cloudef/wlc) * wayland * xwayland * libinput >= 1.6.0 * libcap * asciidoc * pcre * json-c * pango * cairo * gdk-pixbuf2 * * pam ** * imagemagick (required for image capture with swaygrab) * ffmpeg (required for video capture with swaygrab) _\*Only required for swaybar, swaybg, and swaylock_ _\*\*Only required for swaylock_ Run these commands: mkdir build cd build cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR=/etc .. make sudo make install On systems with logind, you need to set a few caps on the binary: sudo setcap cap_sys_ptrace=eip /usr/local/bin/sway sudo setcap cap_sys_tty_config=eip /usr/local/bin/sway On systems without logind, you need to suid the sway binary: sudo chmod a+s /usr/local/bin/sway ## Configuration If you already use i3, then copy your i3 config to `~/.config/sway/config` and it'll work out of the box. Otherwise, copy the sample configuration file to `~/.config/sway/config`. It is usually located at `/etc/sway/config`. Run `man 5 sway` for information on the configuration. My own dotfiles are available [here](https://gogs.sr.ht/SirCmpwn/dotfiles) if you want some inspiration, and definitely check out the [wiki](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway/wiki) as well. ## Running Instead of running `startx`, run `sway`. You can run `sway` from within X as well, which is useful for testing.