Niri Quickstart

This guide shows the best way to quickly get started with Vicinae on Niri.

Main configuration

Add the following to your Niri configuration, and you are good to go.

# ~/.config/niri/config.kdl
spawn-sh-at-startup "vicinae server"

# use whatever shortcut floats your boat
Mod+Space repeat=false { spawn "vicinae" "toggle"; }

Bind to a custom command

You can easily create a binding to open any vicinae command directly:

# ~/.config/niri/config.kdl

Mod+P repeat=false { spawn "vicinae" "vicinae://extensions/vicinae/clipboard/history"; }

You can do a lot with this: learn more about deeplinks.

Blur

Niri doesn't currently support blur.

A patch is available, but it remains buggy and doesn't seem to work with layer surfaces.