Hydra

Experimental Mir-based compositor

Dependencies

Ubuntu

• g++ (os >= 24.10), g++-14
• libmiral-dev
• mir-graphics-drivers-desktop
• xwayland
• libfmt-dev
• libwayland-dev
• libwayland-dev
• libasound2-dev
• libgl1-mesa-dev
• libxext-dev
• libpugixml-dev
• libglibmm-2.4-dev
• libfontconfig1-dev

Building

Local

make all

.deb builder for Ubuntu (24.04)

make builder
make deb

For more details about the build targets, see Makefile and CMakeLists.txt

Run

Installed

hydra --enable-x11

To use a different leader key (by default "Left Gui"), use the --leader option:

hydra --leader "Escape" --enable-x11

See hydra --help for more details.

Development

• Run the server locally:

make server

• Run the server using the wayland backend:

make server/wayland

Documentation

Some development notes in docs/dev_notes.pdf