Deleted hyprpaper and replaced it with awww. Also deleted self declared niri systemd services, as they arent needed with running commands at startup

flake.lock

@@ -45,6 +45,28 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "awww": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-compat": "flake-compat_2",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay_2"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1779666993,
+        "narHash": "sha256-W0yA7Y37oj5BBzl4ojO8dtv9MuOvdrIZDxtRjs7kpdg=",
+        "ref": "refs/heads/main",
+        "rev": "9b7f47f7f394dce0a17a7b161e0d2fe391ce72b3",
+        "revCount": 1366,
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://codeberg.org/LGFae/awww"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://codeberg.org/LGFae/awww"
+      }
+    },
     "base16": {
       "inputs": {
         "fromYaml": "fromYaml"
@@ -187,6 +209,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "flake-compat_2": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1761588595,
+        "narHash": "sha256-XKUZz9zewJNUj46b4AJdiRZJAvSZ0Dqj2BNfXvFlJC4=",
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "rev": "f387cd2afec9419c8ee37694406ca490c3f34ee5",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "flake-parts": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs-lib": [
@@ -618,6 +656,7 @@
       "inputs": {
         "aagl": "aagl",
         "alejandra": "alejandra",
+        "awww": "awww",
         "cookiez-assets": "cookiez-assets",
         "grub2-themes": "grub2-themes",
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
@@ -671,6 +710,27 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "rust-overlay_2": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "awww",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1764038373,
+        "narHash": "sha256-M6w2wNBRelcavoDAyFL2iO4NeWknD40ASkH1S3C0YGM=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "ab3536fe850211a96673c6ffb2cb88aab8071cc9",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "stylix": {
       "inputs": {
         "base16": "base16",

flake.nix

@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
 
+    awww = {
+      url = "git+https://codeberg.org/LGFae/awww";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+
     nixvim = {
       url = "github:nix-community/nixvim";
       #Do not use follows here as it will throw warnings with nixvim's built-in source
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@
     grub2-themes,
     nix-flatpak,
     nix-index-database,
+    awww,
     ...
   }: let
     username = "cookiez";
@@ -105,6 +111,7 @@
           inherit project;
           inherit alejandra;
           inherit cookiez-assets;
+          awwwPkg = awww.packages.${system}.awww;
           pam-fprint-grosshack-pkg = pam-fprint-grosshack.packages.${system}.default;
           host = hostname;
         };

modules/configuration.nix

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   version,
   system,
   pam-fprint-grosshack-pkg,
+  awwwPkg,
   ...
 }: {
   #Assign Swap to the PC
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@
     useUserPackages = true;
     users.${username} = ./home.nix;
     backupFileExtension = "backup"; # Automatically backs up conflicting files during activation
-    extraSpecialArgs = {inherit inputs username project version system host;};
+    extraSpecialArgs = {inherit inputs username project version system host awwwPkg;};
     sharedModules = [inputs.plasma-manager.homeModules.plasma-manager];
   };
 

modules/hyprpaper/default.nix

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{
-  config,
-  inputs,
-  pkgs,
-  ...
-}: {
-  imports = [
-  ];
-
-  home-manager.sharedModules = [
-    ./home.nix
-  ];
-
-  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-    hyprpaper
-  ];
-}

modules/hyprpaper/home.nix

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-  pkgs,
-  inputs,
-  username,
-  project,
-  ...
-}: {
-  imports = [
-  ];
-
-  services = {
-    hyprpaper = {
-      enable = false;
-
-      settings = {
-        wallpaper = [
-          {
-            monitor = "eDP-1";
-            path = "${inputs.cookiez-assets}/wallpapers/pixel-desert.png";
-            fit_mode = "cover"; # optional, defaults to cover
-          }
-        ];
-      };
-    };
-  };
-}

niri/autostart.nix

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   config,
+  inputs,
   pkgs,
   username,
   project,
@@ -7,31 +8,8 @@
 }: {
   #To show logs of services run:
   #journalctl --user-unit={service-name} --user
-  systemd.user.services.niri-waybar = {
-    description = "Waybar status bar for Niri";
 
-    # "wantedBy" replaces the [Install] section
+  # The Niri Session Cleanup Service
-    wantedBy = ["graphical-session.target"];
-
-    # "partOf" and "after" replace the [Unit] section dependencies
-    partOf = ["graphical-session.target"];
-    after = ["graphical-session.target"];
-
-    # [Unit] configuration goes here
-    unitConfig = {
-      # This checks the environment variable to ensure we are in Niri
-      ConditionEnvironment = "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=niri";
-    };
-
-    # [Service] configuration goes here
-    serviceConfig = {
-      ExecStart = "${pkgs.waybar}/bin/waybar";
-      Restart = "on-failure";
-      RestartSec = "1s";
-    };
-  };
-
-  # 2. The Niri Session Cleanup Service
   # This service starts when the graphical session starts, and when it stops,
   # it forcibly stops the graphical-session.target to ensure a clean state for the next login.
   systemd.user.services.niri-session-manager = {

niri/default.nix

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   config,
   inputs,
   pkgs,
+  system,
   ...
 }: {
   imports = [
     ./autostart.nix
     ../modules/hyprlock
-    ../modules/hyprpaper
     ../modules/stylix
   ];
 
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     fuzzel
     waybar
     xwayland-satellite
+    inputs.awww.packages.${system}.awww
   ];
 
   programs = {

niri/home.nix

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   pkgs,
   inputs,
+  awwwPkg,
   ...
 }: {
   imports = [
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@
               }
               numlock
           }
+          mouse {
+              accel-profile "flat"
+              accel-speed -0.4
+          }
       }
 
       prefer-no-csd
@@ -83,11 +88,14 @@
           }
       }
 
-      // spawn-at-startup "waybar"
+      spawn-at-startup "${pkgs.waybar}/bin/waybar"
-      spawn-at-startup "hyprpaper"
       spawn-at-startup "${pkgs.mako}/bin/mako"
+      //spawn-sh-at-startup "${awwwPkg}/bin/awww-daemon --no-cache & sleep 1; ${awwwPkg}/bin/awww img ${inputs.cookiez-assets}/wallpapers/pixel-desert.png"
+      spawn-sh-at-startup "${awwwPkg}/bin/awww-daemon --no-cache"
+      spawn-sh-at-startup "until ${awwwPkg}/bin/awww query >/dev/null 2>&1; do :; done; ${awwwPkg}/bin/awww img --transition-type none ${inputs.cookiez-assets}/wallpapers/pixel-desert.png"
 
-      // spawn-sh-at-startup "qs -c ~/source/qs/MyAwesomeShell"
+      spawn-sh-at-startup "${awwwPkg}/bin/awww-daemon --no-cache --namespace backdrop"
+      spawn-sh-at-startup "until ${awwwPkg}/bin/awww query -n backdrop >/dev/null 2>&1; do :; done; ${awwwPkg}/bin/awww img -n backdrop --transition-type none ${inputs.cookiez-assets}/wallpapers/pixel-desert.png"
 
       hotkey-overlay {
           // Uncomment this line to disable the "Important Hotkeys" pop-up at startup.
@@ -102,6 +110,11 @@
           draw-border-with-background false
       }
 
+      layer-rule {
+          match namespace="^awww-daemonbackdrop$"
+          place-within-backdrop true
+      }
+
       output "eDP-1" {
           mode "2880x1920@120.000"
           scale 2