LightDM Tiny Greeter

A tiny yet customizable GTK3 LightDM Greeter with focus on code and minimalism.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/tobiohlala/lightdm-tiny-greeter
cd lightdm-tiny-greeter
make
sudo make install

Configuration

All configuration and customization goes into config.h prior compilation.

Variable	Meaning
user_text	text when prompting for login
pass_text	text when prompting for password
session	session to start (name of a desktop-entry located in /usr/share/xsessions)
style	UI styling via CSS
ui	UI definition via XML

Setup

/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

[Seat:*]
...
greeter-session=lightdm-tiny-greeter

Dependencies

• glib libglib-2.0
• gtk3 libgtk-3 (>= 3.22)
• lightdm liblightdm-gobject-1 (>= 1.19.1)

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