How to Install and Customize Niri (2026 Edition) | Wayland Compositor

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This is a quick and painless guide on getting Niri up and running with sane config options, and how to customize it yourself. This compositor is a based on Smithay, a rust library for wayland. We'll also be using Nocatlia-shell, but not covering it super deep since it Quickshell deserves its own video. *Written Article:* *My Niri Config:* *Discord:* *Music:* Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:41 Showcase 1:28 Installation of Niri 2:58 First Launch of Niri 3:30 Initial Configuration Changes 4:52 Monitor Settings 5:34 General Keybinds 6:40 Workspace Management 7:39 Noctalia-Shell and Wallpaper 8:49 Restart Niri and Configure Noctalia 9:49 Additional Niri Config 11:05 Named Workspaces (Anti-Pattern) 12:42 Additional Showcase 13:45 Bonus Zig Content 15:18 Obligatory Neofetch #linux #wayland #niri