A high-performance, deeply customizable Wayland shell built with Quickshell.
Less is more.
curl -sL https://github.com/Leriart/NothingLess/raw/main/install.sh | shOr clone manually:
git clone https://github.com/Leriart/NothingLess.git ~/.local/src/nothingless
sudo ln -s ~/.local/src/nothingless/cli.sh /usr/local/bin/nothingless
nothinglessnothingless install hyprland # Auto-detect
nothingless install hyprland --conf # Force config file mode (default)
nothingless install hyprland --lua # Force Lua mode (Hyprland >= 0.48)
nothingless remove hyprland # Remove configOn first boot, exec-once = nothingless launches the shell, which starts the axctl daemon internally. All compositor settings are managed live via axctl and persisted to ~/.local/share/nothingless/.
- Free Layout — Windows-like floating desktop with edge snap
- Dynamic Island — integrated notifications and metrics in the bar
- Task tray — system tray with icon show/hide
- Overview — workspace manager with drag & drop and live preview
- Dashboard — visual config panel with 200+ options
- FPS Monitoring — patched MangoHud with notch overlay
- Monitor configuration — GUI panel and CLI backend
- Snap Assistant — intelligent window snapping via axctl
- M3 Animations — Material You, Windows Classic, and macOS profiles
nothingless # Start the shell
nothingless reload # Reload the shell
nothingless quit # Quit the shell
nothingless lock # Activate lockscreen
nothingless update # Update NothingLess
nothingless run <module> # Run a module (launcher, dashboard, overview, etc.)
nothingless brightness <0-100> # Set brightness
nothingless screen on|off # Display power control
nothingless suspend # Suspend system| Area | Ambxst | NothingLess |
|---|---|---|
| Compositor settings | ~25 options | ~100+ options (4x more) |
| Layouts | Dwindle, Master, Scrolling | + Free Layout (floating desktop) |
| Services | 30 | 39 (+9 new) |
| Scripts | 22 | 38 (+16 new) |
| Config reload handling | None | configreloaded detection with instant recovery |
| Dynamic Island | Not available | Unified notch + bar in island mode |
| Task tray | Not available | System tray with icon show/hide |
| Animations | animDuration global |
Anim.qml — M3, Windows Classic, macOS profiles |
| Video wallpaper | mpv-based | QtMultimedia + FFmpeg (hardware-accelerated) |
| Bar mode | Static bar | Extended/dynamic modes with per-monitor config |
| Monitor configuration | Manual (hyprctl) | GUI panel + CLI in NothingLess |
| FPS overlay | Not available | Patched MangoHud with notch display |
| Axctl daemon | Basic | Health check, auto-reconnect, restart on failure |
| Config sync with hyprland | None | hyprland.conf/lua generated from binds.json |
| CLI commands | 9 | 20+ commands |
| Presets | 8 | 12 (+Dot Matrix, Nothing, Pure Monochrome, Minimal) |
| Typography | Roboto | Ndot (dot-matrix), monospace-first |
| Color scheme | Vibrant | Monochrome with red accents |
- Leriart — fork maintainer and NothingLess developer
- Axenide — original Ambxst creator
- Zack (@zackytodearena) — logo & animation design
- outfoxxed — creator of Quickshell
- NothingLess modifications are provided under the same license as the upstream.
- Ambxst and the Ambxst logo are trademarks of Adriano Tisera (Axenide).
- See LICENSE and TRADEMARK.md for details.