Setting up the Environment

mdgreet is primarily developed within a Nix environment, ensuring reproducible and isolated dependencies.

Prerequisites

• Nix with Flakes enabled.

Entering the Development Shell

Simply navigate to the project root and run:

nix develop

This will drop you into a shell equipped with:

• The Rust toolchain (cargo, rustc, clippy, rustfmt, rust-analyzer).
• Slint dependencies (slint-lsp, slint-viewer).
• Wayland development libraries.
• i18n tools (gettext).
• Documentation tools (mdbook).

Running the Application Locally

You can run the application directly using Cargo. Note that without a Wayland compositor or greetd running, you must use the --demo flag to simulate a login environment.

cargo run -- --demo