goose-shell

My personal shell built with Quickshell.

Features

• anyrun-like launcher
  • applications
  • symbols
  • calculator (rink)
  • shell commands
  • nix run
  • clipboard history
• Time & Date Widget with calendar and weather display
• Workspaces Widget (right-click overview)
• Window Title-Bar with window controls
• Systemt-Tray
• Control Center
  • Audio Settings
  • Display Settings and Idle Inhibit
  • Network Settings
  • Bluetooth Settings
  • MPRIS Media-Controls
  • Notification History
• On-Screen-Displays for volume and brightness
• Lock-Screen (with fprint support)
• Wallpaper
• ICP Targets
  • panelService
  • volume
  • brightness
  • session
  • networking

Usage

Nix Flake

# ...
inputs.goose-shell = {
  url = "git+https://codeberg.org/DynamicGoose/goose-shell";
  inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
# ...
# provides nixpkgs overlay `inputs.goose-shell.${system}.default`
# then just add `pkgs.goose-shell` to `environment.systemPackages`

IPC Targets

Panel Service

Open the different panels the shell provides.

goose-shell ipc call panelService toggleLauncher
goose-shell ipc call panelService toggleDateTime
goose-shell ipc call panelService toggleWindowControls
goose-shell ipc call panelService toggleControlCenter
goose-shell ipc call panelService togglePowerMenu
goose-shell ipc call panelService showOSD [brightness or volume]

Volume Controls

Control output volume. (Shows OSD automatically)

goose-shell ipc call volume increase <percentage> 
goose-shell ipc call volume decrease <percentage>
goose-shell ipc call volume toggleMuted

Brightness Controls

Control display brightness. (Shows OSD automatically)

goose-shell ipc call brightness increase <percentage>
goose-shell ipc call brightness decrease <percentage>

Session Management

Control the desktop session.

goose-shell ipc call session poweroff
goose-shell ipc call session reboot
goose-shell ipc call session suspend
goose-shell ipc call session hibernate
goose-shell ipc call session logout
goose-shell ipc call session lock

Networking Controls

Set Wifi and Bluetooth state.

goose-shell ipc call networking setBluetoothEnabled true
goose-shell ipc call networking setWifiEnabled true

Note

I created this shell for use in my NixOS dot-files. It should also work for other configurations using Niri, but there are no customization options like in other shells. Feel free to adapt it to make your own customized version though.