hyprwm/Hyprland v0.53.0 on GitHub

Ladies and gentlemen, we made it before 2026. A chonker!

Breaking Changes

Windowrule syntax has been completely overhauled. Please check the wiki: https://wiki.hypr.land/Configuring/Window-Rules/
misc:new_window_takes_over_fs replaces misc:new_window_takes_over_fullscreen and master:inherit_fullscreen

New features:

config/keybinds: add a submap universal keybind flag (#12100)
config: added locale config option (#12416)
deco/groupbar: add groupbar blur (#12310)
hyprctl: add nix flag (#12653)
hyprpm: added plugin author (#12594)
renderer: add quirks:prefer_hdr to fix HDR activation for some clients (#12436)
renderer: add zoom with detached camera (#12548)
tablet: added option to hide cursor (#12525)

Fixes:

CMake: fix GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE parsing
CrashReporter.cpp: fix stderr conflict (#12440)
Nix: fix GIT_* env vars
Nix: fix glaze build for CI and devShell (#12616)
cmake: fix XKBCOMMON variable typo (#12550)
compositor: fix isPointOnReservedArea
cursor: fix m_cursorSurfaceInfo not being updated while a cursor override is set (#12327)
desktop/overridableVar: fix possible crash
desktop/popup: fix invalid surface coord
desktop/windowRules: fix disabling binary window rules with override (#12635)
example/hyprland.desktop: fix path
examples: fix example config (#12394)
groupbar: fix rounding logic for edge cases (#12366)
hyprctl: fix no_vrr prop ref (#12410)
i18n: fix typos/unnatural spellings in french translation (#12443)
input: fix pending perm keyboards being enabled
internal: fix crash at startup on FreeBSD (#12298)
internal: fix subtractWindow typo for POSYSTR (#12259)
keybindmgr: fix focusCurrentOrLast
keybinds: fix multikey binds breaking after scroll wheel events (#12638)
keybinds: fix previous workspace remembering (#12399)
layouts: fix maximize size
master: fix placement with center_ignores_reserved (#12695)
meson: fix version.h install location
protocols/cm: fix CColorManagementSurface m_imageDescription init (#12734)
protocols/compositor: fix null deref on unassigned surface image desc
protocols/lock: fix missing output enter on surface (#12448)
protocols/outputMgmt: fix wlr-randr by defering success event until monitor reloads (#12236)
protocols/workspace: fix crash in initial group sending
protocols/xdg-shell: fix crash on null parent in pin (#12694)
renderer/cm: fix typo on color simage description op (#12551)
renderer/ime: fix fcitx5 popup artifacts (#12263)
renderer: add quirks:prefer_hdr to fix HDR activation for some clients (#12436)
renderer: fix fractional scale artifacts (#12287)
renderer: fix noscreenshare layerrule popups (#12260)
renderer: fix render_unfocused
renderer: fix uv sufrace calc with scales < 1 (#12481)
rules/windowRuleApplicator: fix min/max size effects (#12491)
screencopy: fix possible crash in renderMon()
windowrules: fix group rule recalcs (#12403)
windowrules: fix matching against xdgTag (#12393)
windowrules: fix persistent_size not applying (#12441)

Other:

CI/Nix: simplify cache config
CI/release: populate git info (#12247)
CI: drop meson build, simplify c-f check
CI: drop no_pch and make default, drop noxwayland
CI: run translator in pull_request_target for comment access
CMake: prepopulate GIT vars from env
CMakeLists.txt: improve libudis86 and librt detection (#12472)
Desktop/history: Move history to desktop (#12676)
Nix: re-enable uwsm desktop file
animation: improve animations on multi refresh rate monitors (#12418)
animation: migrate PHLANIMVAR from SP to UP (#12486)
animationmgr: avoid possible uaf in handling anim updates
anr: don't create for anr dialogs (#12601)
buffers: revert state merging (#12461)
ci: disable comments for members
ci: run pr comment in target
cm: allow force disabling WCG and HDR per monitor (#12733)
cm: handle CM for SDR content with cm=hdr, cm_sdr_eotf=2 (#12127)
cmake: fail if scripts/generateShaderIncludes.sh fails (#12588)
cmake: only use system glaze package if above version 6.0.0 (#12559)
cmake: track dependencies in pkgconfig file (#12543)
compositor: Configurable behavior when window to be focused conflicts with fullscreen (#12033)
compositor: dont try to focus unmapped window (#12629)
compositor: early return on no monitor (#12637)
compositor: return nullptr when cursor is outside of a maximized windows' box
compositor: warn on start via a log about start-hyprland
config: export version variable for versioned configs
config: move config parsers to VarList2 (#12465)
core/compositor: remove a monitor reset on cleanup (#12645)
crashReporter: cleanup code (#12534)
cursor: ensure cursor reset on changed window states (#12301)
debug: move to hyprutils' logger (#12673)
desktop/layer: store aboveFs property and use that
desktop/overridableVar: improve performance
desktop/popup: minor improvements
desktop/rules: tag static rule being ignored (#12514)
desktop/view: use aliveAndVisible for most things (#12631)
desktop/window: improve fullscreen handling for grouped windows
desktop/windowRule: force center and move rules to override each other (#12618)
desktop/windowRule: return reset props from resetProps and recheck them (#12458)
desktop: Update Exec command for UWSM Hyprland desktop entry (#12580)
desktop: cleanup, unify desktop elements as views (#12563)
desktop: rewrite reserved area handling + improve tests (#12383)
dispatcher: include mirrors of monitor in dpms (#12552)
dwindle: Revert rework split logic to be fully gap-aware (#12047)
example/config: use hyprshutdown if available
example/hyprland.desktop: install with full path in Exec
flake.nix: update guiutils and override hw-s
hyprctl: show contentType in activewindow (#12214)
hyprctl: use new hyprpaper ipc format (#12537)
hyprpm: check for abi strings in headersValid (#12504)
hyprpm: remove -nn flag and make notification behaviour more consist… (#11272)
i18n: Add Arabic translations for safemode (#12670)
i18n: Add Dutch translations (#12326)
i18n: Add Hindi translations (#12324)
i18n: Add hungarian translations (#12346)
i18n: Added Finnish translations (#12505)
i18n: add Arabic (ar) translations (#12352)
i18n: add Assamese translations (#12356)
i18n: add Belarusian language (#12358)
i18n: add Croatian translations (#12374)
i18n: add Czech translations (#12428)
i18n: add Danish translation (#12333)
i18n: add French translations (#12330)
i18n: add Indonesian translations (#12468)
i18n: add Latvian translations (#12430)
i18n: add Malayalam translations (#12345)
i18n: add Nepali translations (#12451)
i18n: add Norwegian Bokmål translations (#12354)
i18n: add Persian translations (#12361)
i18n: add Português (Portugal) translation (#12328)
i18n: add Russian translations (#12335)
i18n: add Serbian Translations (#12341)
i18n: add Simplified Chinese translations (#12332)
i18n: add Slovenian translation (#12369)
i18n: add Spanish translations (#12334)
i18n: add Tatar translations (#12538)
i18n: add Turkish translations (#12331)
i18n: add Ukrainian translation (#12370)
i18n: add pt_BR translations (#12351)
i18n: improve Spanish translations for clarity and consistency (#12378)
i18n: init german translations (#12323)
i18n: init localization for ANR, Permissions and Notifications (#12316)
i18n: more natural Japanese translation (#12649)
i18n: slight update to it_IT translations (#12372)
input: cleanup sendMotionEventsToFocused()
input: simplify mouseMoveUnified a tad
internal/start: More careful signal handling (#12573)
internal: put Linux-only header behind ifdef (#12300)
internal: removed Herobrine
keybinds: restore pointer warp on switch
keybinds: simulate mouse movement after bringing active window to top (#12703)
layout: include reserved area in float fit (#12289)
meson: drop
monitor: remove monitor from list on disconnect before unsafestate (#12544)
opengl: default initialize m_capStatus (#12619)
opengl: properly combine transforms in renderTexture
plugin/hook: disallow multiple hooks per function (#12320)
pointer: apply locked pointer workaround only on xwayland (#12402)
presentation: only send sync output on presented (#12255)
protocols/cursor-shape: impl version 2 (#12270)
protocols/datadevice: avoid double leave
protocols/layershell: do not raise protocol error if layer surface is not anchored (#12241)
protocols/workspace: avoid crash on inert outputs
render/cm: various updates, remove old protocols (#12693)
renderer/cm: higher-quality tonemapping (#12204)
renderer/cm: make needsHDRupdate per-monitor state (#12564)
renderer: Allow DS for surfaces with inert subsurfaces (#12133)
renderer: avoid crash on arrangeLayers for an empty mon
renderer: remove unnecessary assert from renderRoundedShadow (#12540)
renderer: stop looping over null texture surfaces (#12446)
rule: nuke parseRelativeVector
src/protocols/types/DMABuffer.cpp: <sys/ioctl.h> is required for ioctl(), not only linux (#12483)
start: avoid crash in dtor after forceQuit
start: init start-hyprland and safe mode (#12484)
welcome: init welcome manager (#12409)
window: automatically pin child windows (#12224)
window: implement CWindow::getEnv() for BSDs (#12462)
window: only damage floating on clamped size change (#12633)
windowrules: bring back windowUpdateRules
windowrules: rewrite completely (#12269)

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