The latest articles on DEV Community by Alex (@oxydizer). https://dev.to/oxydizer https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4167497%2F45fdea34-287b-45c3-8e71-330df342afd3.png https://dev.to/oxydizer en Alex Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:26:36 +0000 https://dev.to/oxydizer/rediwm-wayland-compositorde-in-zig-4f2g https://dev.to/oxydizer/rediwm-wayland-compositorde-in-zig-4f2g <p>Hi all,<br><br> RediWM is a Wayland compositor written in Zig (OpenGL ES) that includes everything in one process - no waybar, swaylock, mako, or any of the usual stack needed.</p> <p>What's built in:</p> <p>Compositor + shell (with themes)</p> <p>Notifications</p> <p>Lock screen</p> <p>Night light</p> <p>File manager</p> <p>Image/PDF viewer (sandboxed)</p> <p>Terminal tabs (any app gets tabs)</p> <p>100 IPC commands</p> <p>Material design with spring physics</p> <p>PipeWire integration (including bass/treble boost)</p> <p>Performance on my hardware vs labwc + Dank Shell (previous daily driver):</p> <p>RediWM: 1 process, 192MB, 4.6% CPU<br> labwc + DMS: 3 processes, 595MB, 14.4% CPU</p> <p>$ ps aux | grep rediwm<br> alex 4247 4.6% 192MB rediwm ← everything</p> <p>vs labwc + DMS:</p> <p>alex labwc 4.4% 146MB<br> alex dms 1.8% 91MB<br> alex qs 8.1% 358MB</p> <p>Total: 14.4% 595MB</p> <div class="crayons-card c-embed text-styles text-styles--secondary"> <div class="c-embed__content"> <div class="c-embed__body flex items-center justify-between"> <a href="https://rediwm.redios.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link fw-bold flex items-center"> <span class="mr-2">rediwm.redios.org</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <br> GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/oxydizer/rediwm/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/oxydizer/rediwm/</a> <p>Full disclosure - AI assisted but in no way this is "vibe coded" or "AI slop"</p> <p>Happy to answer questions about the architecture or otherwise</p> zig