Morghulis Desktop Shell

What This Is (Plain Words)

Morghulis is a small brainy helper that gives you “desktop environment” feelings (panels, indicators, little quality-of-life bits) while you keep using lean Wayland compositors like Hyprland or River. Think: glue + polish, without turning your system into a heavy monster.

Why It Exists

Tiling compositors are awesome but spartan.
Full desktop environments are comfy but often heavy or opinionated
Morghulis tries to sit in the middle: light, modular, friendly to tinkerers.

What You Get

A shell layer: panels / bars / status info (depending on modules you enable)
Trays / indicators potential (system info, workspaces, etc.)
Sensible defaults without locking you in
Plays nicely with Hyprland and River instead of replacing them

Core Ideas

Keep it light: only do what a compositor doesn’t.
Make it scriptable / extensible.
Stay out of your way (no giant config maze).
Let advanced users dig in; let casual users just run it.

Under the Hood (Soft Peek)

Written mainly in Vala (which transpiles to C and hooks into GNOME/GTK style ecosystems).
Talks Wayland.
Modular structure so features can evolve without bloat.

Typical Use Flow

You already use Hyprland or River.
You want a cleaner “desktop layer” (panels, little helpers).
You add Morghulis.
You feel less naked, still fast.

Who Is It For?

Linux rice enjoyers.
People building a custom Wayland setup.
Users who don’t want to run KDE/GNOME but still want niceties.
Tinkerers who like reading source and adjusting things.

Philosophy in 7 Words

Stay small. Add polish. Never own you.

Early Taste (Imagined Examples)

Workspace indicator
Clock + system stats
Quick launcher (future-friendly)
Theming surface (colors/fonts you control)

Future Possibilities

Plugin marketplace style discovery
More indicators (battery, media, notifications)
Config hot-reload
Simple theming packs

Tech Stack (Simple)

Language: Vala
Protocol: Wayland
Style: Lightweight, modular

License

MIT, do cool things, share improvements.