Yeah, that was my experience too. The idea is great, but some edge cases are rough right now.
I started a Niri-only fork focused more on stabilization and predictable behavior:
https://t.co/dK1cop7QSU
The current RC already has some fixes, and I added tracing/debug tools specifically for catching tricky focus/workspace bugs. Feedback with reproducible cases would be very welcome.
I felt similar pain, so I started a Niri-only fork of OmniWM called Nehir:
https://t.co/dK1cop7QSU
The current RC has some stabilization work already, especially around focus/workspace behavior.
I also added tracing/runtime debug tools specifically to help catch tricky edge cases, so feedback with reproducible issues is very welcome.
Small update: OmniWM is paused for now while Oliver works on Hiro, a Rust rewrite planned around next month.
I’ll definitely test Hiro when it lands. In the meantime, I started a Niri-only fork focused on stabilization and my own workflow:
https://t.co/dK1cop7QSU
Feedback/testing welcome
Great project with huge potential just got archived. https://t.co/APN1O8FBe3
I was one of its biggest supporters. I sponsored the author, actively tested new builds, and shared a lot of feedback because I genuinely wanted this project to succeed.
Unfortunately, supporting countless edge cases and user requests can be exhausting, and it seems the burden eventually became too much.
Oliver, if you ever read this, please know that I'm grateful for all the time and effort you invested in this project and for sharing it with the world.
Let's see if the OSS community can carry the torch forward. Regardless of what happens next, OmniWM made a lasting impact.
OmniWM development is currently on pause while Oliver pivots to a Rust rewrite called Hiro, expected in about a month. I’ll be happy to test it when it’s ready.
In the meantime, I’ve started a Niri-only fork called Nehir and already added some stabilization changes in the RC builds. More testers and feedback are very welcome:
https://t.co/dK1cop7j3m
Great project with huge potential just got archived. https://t.co/APN1O8FBe3
I was one of its biggest supporters. I sponsored the author, actively tested new builds, and shared a lot of feedback because I genuinely wanted this project to succeed.
Unfortunately, supporting countless edge cases and user requests can be exhausting, and it seems the burden eventually became too much.
Oliver, if you ever read this, please know that I'm grateful for all the time and effort you invested in this project and for sharing it with the world.
Let's see if the OSS community can carry the torch forward. Regardless of what happens next, OmniWM made a lasting impact.
I am in love with #OmniWM. Finally I can organise my work, pet projects, vibe coding, messengers and terminals.
Still there is a lot of room for improvements but I found it usable already for my use cases.
@ClaudeDevs I am not even considering to look back to claude code while issues causing user to spend their tokens to broken tool calls. https://t.co/pyWMpK70pE It is already 3+ month where users with codebase independent using tabs pays token tax for no reason.