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This page documents software that is strongly recommended to have running for a smooth Hyprland experience.
DEs like Plasma or GNOME will take care of this automatically. Hyprland will not, as you might want to use something else.
A notification daemon
Starting method: most likely manual (exec-once)
Many apps (e.g. Discord) may freeze without one running.
Examples: dunst, mako, and swaync.
Pipewire
Starting method: Automatic on systemd, manual otherwise.
Pipewire is not necessarily required, but screensharing will not work without it.
Install pipewire and wireplumber (not pipewire-media-session).
Non-systemd distros
Since there is no truly standardized way (outside of systemd) to load PipeWire when starting a graphical shell,1 non-systemd distros like Gentoo or Artix provide a dedicated launcher.
It can be usually found by running whereis <distro>-pipewire-launcher. If such
a file does not exist on your install, please refer to your distro's
documentation for help.
XDG Desktop Portal
Starting method: Automatic on systemd, manual otherwise.
XDG Desktop Portal handles a lot of stuff for your desktop, like file pickers, screensharing, etc.
See the Hyprland Desktop Portal Page.
Authentication Agent
Starting method: manual (exec-once)
Authentication agents are the things that pop up a window asking you for a password whenever an app wants to elevate its privileges.
See hyprpolkitagent
Qt Wayland Support
Starting method: none (just a library)
Install qt5-wayland and qt6-wayland.