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title: greetd + QMLGreet
url: "https://nxos.org/documentation/workspace-ux/defaults/greetd/"
updated: "2026-10-25"
category: Workspace Defaults
---

# greetd + QMLGreet

Nitrux uses greetd as the login daemon and QMLGreet as the graphical greeter.

### What is greetd?

greetd is a minimal, agnostic login daemon. It handles user authentication and session startup without being tied to a specific display server or desktop environment.

### What is QMLGreet?

QMLGreet is a modern, lightweight greeter (login screen) designed for greetd and built with MauiKit to deliver a polished, consistent user interface.

QMLGreet runs natively on Wayland compositors (such as Hyprland or Sway) using the Layer Shell protocol.

### Session support

Nitrux only supports Wayland sessions (Hyprland). X11 sessions are not available, even though greetd technically supports them.

### Configuration

The greetd configuration file is located at `/etc/qtgreet/config.ini`.

The QMLGreet configuration file is located at `/etc/qmlgreet/qmlgreet.conf`.

### Important Notes

greetd Documentation:[https://man.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/greetd/](https://man.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/greetd/)