@kyle_pegasus@scalie.club @soc@chaos.social @zzt@mas.to @rootwyrm@weird.autos What does wayland do to kill small DEs? I follow a dev who on their lonesome develops one: Niri. Are we talking about existing small projects, or is there some nuance of wayland that causes development issues I dont understand?

Afaik there are two high quality bases for wayland compositors: wlroots and smithay. Niri uses smithay.