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This page documents software that is __strongly__ recommended to have running for a smooth Hyprland experience.
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DEs like Plasma or Gnome will take care of this automatically.
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Hyprland will not, as you might want to use something else.
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### A notification daemon
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_Starting method:_ most likely manual (`exec-once`)
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Many apps (e.g. Discord) may freeze without one running.
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Use e.g. `dunst`, `mako`, `swaync`, etc.
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### Pipewire
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_Starting method:_ Automatic on Systemd, manual otherwise
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Pipewire is not necessarily required, but screensharing will not work without it.
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Install `pipewire` and `wireplumber` (**not** `pipewire-media-session`)
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#### Non-systemd distros
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Since here is no truly standardized way (outside of systemd) to load PipeWire when starting
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a graphical shell[^1] non-systemd distros like Gentoo or Artix provide a decicated launcher.
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It can be usually found by running `whereis <distro>-pipewire-launcher`.
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If such file does not exist on your install please refer to your distro's documentation for help.
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[^1]: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PipeWire#OpenRC
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### XDG Desktop Portal
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_Starting method:_ Automatic on Systemd, manual otherwise
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XDG Desktop Portal handles a lot of stuff for your desktop, like file pickers,
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screensharing, etc.
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See the [Hyprland Desktop Portal Page](../Hyprland-desktop-portal)
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### Authentication Agent
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_Starting method:_ manual (`exec-once`)
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Authentication agents are the things that pop up a window asking you for a password whenever
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an app wants to elevate its privileges.
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Our recommendation is the KDE one. For arch, it's `polkit-kde-agent`.
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You can autostart it with `exec-once=/usr/lib/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1`.
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On some distributions you might have to use a different path `/usr/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1`.
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On other distributions that use a more recent version, such as Gentoo, it may be necessary to use `exec-once=/usr/lib64/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1` instead.
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### Qt Wayland Support
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_Starting method:_ none (just a library)
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Install `qt5-wayland` and `qt6-wayland`.
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