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Armin Preiml c8a74c0c2d check for pending callback on destroy_surface
Avoids segfaults when a pending surface_frame_handle_done is invoked
after destruction of the associated surface.

This happened when an output was removed and the surfaces have been
destroyed, between render and the surface_frame_handle_done.
2025-08-16 16:22:15 +02:00
completions build: move completions to separate file 2022-12-05 11:02:41 +01:00
include Better handle subprocess crashes 2025-03-12 11:17:13 +01:00
pam Remove FreeBSD-specific PAM configuration 2020-01-06 13:18:25 -07:00
.build.yml Remove references to pango 2019-01-23 12:20:24 +00:00
.editorconfig Add editorconfig 2021-11-19 09:20:25 +01:00
.gitignore Convert swaylock into standalone project 2019-01-13 21:16:47 -05:00
background-image.c Correct for image orientation when loading image 2024-06-14 22:41:03 +02:00
cairo.c Remove unused functions in common code 2019-01-13 21:19:43 -05:00
comm.c fix missing include for sigaction 2025-08-09 09:08:53 +02:00
LICENSE MIT license 2019-01-13 21:21:09 -05:00
log.c Define _POSIX_C_SOURCE globally 2025-03-18 22:31:01 +01:00
loop.c Define _POSIX_C_SOURCE globally 2025-03-18 22:31:01 +01:00
main.c check for pending callback on destroy_surface 2025-08-16 16:22:15 +02:00
meson.build build: bump version to 1.8.3 2025-08-03 13:46:57 +02:00
meson_options.txt Set version in project file 2019-02-05 14:19:14 +01:00
pam.c Fix potential NULL deference after getpwuid 2024-11-17 19:15:58 +01:00
password-buffer.c Define _POSIX_C_SOURCE globally 2025-03-18 22:31:01 +01:00
password.c Only submit password if previous validation completed 2025-03-16 16:13:09 +01:00
pool-buffer.c Define _POSIX_C_SOURCE globally 2025-03-18 22:31:01 +01:00
README.md Link to manpage 2023-11-26 22:39:41 +01:00
render.c Correct border thickness on typing indicator 2025-05-22 19:38:47 +02:00
seat.c seat: NULL-check on keyboard.modifiers event 2022-02-10 09:40:06 +01:00
shadow.c Define _POSIX_C_SOURCE globally 2025-03-18 22:31:01 +01:00
swaylock.1.scd main: change background color to #a3a3a3 2025-07-16 19:51:06 +02:00
unicode.c Delete whole utf8 character on backspace 2022-03-22 22:11:27 +01:00

swaylock

swaylock is a screen locking utility for Wayland compositors. It is compatible with any Wayland compositor which implements the ext-session-lock-v1 Wayland protocol.

See the man page, swaylock(1), for instructions on using swaylock.

Release Signatures

Releases are signed with E88F5E48 and published on GitHub. swaylock releases are managed independently of sway releases.

Installation

From Packages

Swaylock is available in many distributions. Try installing the "swaylock" package for yours.

Compiling from Source

Install dependencies:

  • meson *
  • wayland
  • wayland-protocols *
  • libxkbcommon
  • cairo
  • gdk-pixbuf2 **
  • pam (optional)
  • scdoc (optional: man pages) *
  • git *

* Compile-time dep
** Optional: required for background images other than PNG

Run these commands:

meson build
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install

On systems without PAM, you need to suid the swaylock binary:

sudo chmod a+s /usr/local/bin/swaylock

Swaylock will drop root permissions shortly after startup.