GlimpseA polished desktop shell toolkit for Niri.

Panel, wallpaper, lock screen, night light, and idle behavior that feel like one desktop.

Install Glimpse

Configure Your Desktop

Make Niri Feel Complete

Add the surrounding desktop pieces people expect from a daily Wayland session.

Configure With Plain Files

Keep panel layout, services, applets, wallpaper, and theme settings in readable TOML and CSS.

Built For Daily Use

Use calm defaults, focused controls, service integration, and custom themes for a desktop that feels finished.

What You Get

Glimpse is for people who like Niri but still want the comfortable parts of a cohesive desktop.

Component	What it does
Shell	Shows workspaces, status applets, tray items, weather, battery, network, media, notifications, and custom commands.
Wallpaper	Sets a color or image wallpaper, with an optional blurred backdrop.
Lock screen	Shows a themed lock screen with your wallpaper, clock, user picture, status buttons, and PAM authentication.
Night light	Warms the screen at sunset or on your chosen schedule.
Idle rules	Locks the session, turns displays off, suspends, or runs your own commands after inactivity.
Custom applets	Add launchers, menus, scripts, and live status widgets without rebuilding Glimpse.

Start Here

Install the package from Installation.
Enable the shell, lock screen, night light, and idle services.
Add your first panel layout in Configuration.
Theme the shell, Lock Screen, and Wallpaper for your setup.

Good First Setup

Enable the main pieces:

systemctl --user enable --now glimpse-shell.service
systemctl --user enable --now glimpse-lock.service
systemctl --user enable --now glimpse-sunset.service
systemctl --user enable --now glimpse-idle.service

Then start with these pages:

Goal	Page
Put useful things in the panel	Configuration
Change colors and CSS	Theming
Use commands and scripts as applets	Custom Applets
Make the lock screen match your setup	Lock
Set wallpaper and blurred backdrop	Wallpaper
Lock or blank displays after idle time	Idle
Warm the screen at night	Sunset