Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor known for its eye candy and extensive customization options. It is particularly popular among Linux users who prefer keyboard-driven workflows and want a visually appealing desktop without the added complexity of traditional desktop environments.
If you are new to Hyprland, then you might want to check out our guide on getting started with Hyprland!
Anyhow, a new point release of Hyprland has arrived, bringing significant changes to the table. The 0.53 release introduces features that improve both stability and user experience, though it also brings breaking changes that will require some behind-the-scenes work.
Hyprland 0.53: What's There to Be Hyped About?
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The most significant change in this release is the complete overhaul of the windowrule syntax. All existing windowrules will need to be rewritten using the new syntax. The developers have updated the wiki documentation to help users migrate their configurations.
Another breaking change involves the fullscreen behavior setting. The misc:new_window_takes_over_fs option now replaces both misc:new_window_takes_over_fullscreen and master:inherit_fullscreen. Users will need to update their configurations accordingly.
But it's not all breaking changes; there are many new additions too. First-time users will be greeted by a welcome app that introduces Hyprland's features and setup. This requires the hyprland-guiutils package to be installed, which developers recommend as a hard dependency.
Hyprpaper brings its own set of changes. The wallpaper manager has been migrated to Hyprtoolkit and Hyprwire, changing its IPC protocol. The configuration syntax has been simplified, but existing configs will break and need to be updated.
There's also a new launcher script called start-hyprland. This replaces the previous method of launching Hyprland directly. The wrapper provides crash recovery and a safe mode, making it easier to recover from configuration errors or crashes.
We wrap this up with some other changes like a universal submap bind flag for more flexible keybinding configurations, localization frameworks for GUI elements making Hyprland more accessible to non-English speakers, and the ability to blur groupbars.
You can go through the changelog for this release on GitHub.
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