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The following policy applies if you make a contribution to smithay's
The following policy applies if you make a contribution to Smithay's
code, documentation, issues, comments, artwork or any other type of resource.
It is your responsibility to ensure that:
- You fully understand how the code in your contribution works.
- Your change is accurately described in the commit message.
- Your contribution is tested and working as described.
- To the best of your knowledge, you are not introducing bugs and any requests exceptions to this rule must be presented with clear reasoning.
- To the best of your knowledge, you are not introducing bugs; any exceptions to this rule must be presented with clear reasoning.
- You are not violating copyright (such as software licenses, creative commons or any other). (See also our [DCO](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/blob/master/DCO.md).)
- Use of any AI generated code or documentation is clearly indicated in your commit messages.
If you continuously fail to meet these standards your contributions will no longer
be considered by smithay's maintainers and possibly removed without further notice.
If you repeatedly fail to meet these standards, your contributions will no longer
be considered by Smithay's maintainers and possibly removed without further notice.
Due to the requirements listed above we strongly advise against using large
Due to the requirements listed above, we strongly advise against using large
language models or other probabilistic tools such as Copilot and ChatGPT.
Code produced by these systems is usually more difficult to reason about
and fails to express important technical design decisions in a concise form.

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# Getting started
So you want to write a new wayland compositor with smithay, but don't know where to start?
So you want to write a new Wayland compositor with Smithay, but don't know where to start?
## Wayland itself
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Additionally it can help to familiarize yourself with the viewpoint of clients. The [wayland-book](https://wayland-book.com/) is a good resource here.
There is also an (unfurtonately stalled - at the time of writing this document -) effort to write a [smithay book](https://smithay.github.io/book/) to
cover similar topics, but focused on [wayland-rs](https://github.com/Smithay/wayland-rs) (the underlying rust-based wayland implementation) rather than
cover similar topics, but focused on [wayland-rs](https://github.com/Smithay/wayland-rs) (the underlying Rust-based Wayland implementation) rather than
[libwayland](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/). At least the client side of this is a worthwhile read as well.
## Rust
smithay makes heavy use of Rust's features, which is likely why you selected the framework in the first place.
Smithay makes heavy use of Rust's features, which is likely why you selected the framework in the first place.
As such we assume you have *some* experience with the language already.
If not the [awesome-rust resource section](https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust?tab=readme-ov-file#resources) has you covered for various learning resources.
## Smithay
Unfortunately the smithay book doesn't cover the server-side (yet).
Unfortunately, the Smithay book doesn't cover the server-side (yet).
Which leaves you with the following resources to understand how smithay works:
Which leaves you with the following resources to understand how Smithay works:
- A large portion of smithay is build around [wayland-rs](https://github.com/smithay/wayland-rs) Dispatch machinery. It is thus highly recommend to read and understand
- A large portion of Smithay is build around [wayland-rs](https://github.com/smithay/wayland-rs) `Dispatch` machinery. It is thus highly recommended to read and understand
the documentation of the [wayland-server](https://smithay.github.io/wayland-rs/wayland_server/) crate.
- smithay itself has [comprehensive documentation](https://smithay.github.io/smithay/) including for it's [various](https://smithay.github.io/smithay/smithay/backend/index.html) [modules](https://smithay.github.io/smithay/smithay/wayland/index.html)!
- [smallvil](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/tree/master/smallvil) is the smallest (somewhat) usable compositor using smithay and intended as a learning resource and potential starting point.
- [anvil](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/tree/master/anvil) is smithay's testing ground and thus a much more complete compositor to study. It's code strives to fill a gap between real-world examples and easy-to-understand/maintain code paths, however it is lacking in overall quality.
- Many real world compositors you smithay, please refer to our [README](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/blob/master/README.md#other-compositors-that-use-smithay) for a list of targets to study.
- Smithay itself has [comprehensive documentation](https://smithay.github.io/smithay/) including for its [various](https://smithay.github.io/smithay/smithay/backend/index.html) [modules](https://smithay.github.io/smithay/smithay/wayland/index.html)!
- [smallvil](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/tree/master/smallvil) is the smallest (somewhat) usable compositor using Smithay and intended as a learning resource and potential starting point.
- [anvil](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/tree/master/anvil) is smithay's testing ground and thus a much more complete compositor to study. Its code strives to fill a gap between real-world examples and easy-to-understand/maintain code paths, however it is lacking in overall quality.
- Many real world compositors use Smithay, please refer to our [README](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/blob/master/README.md#other-compositors-that-use-smithay) for a list of them to study.
### Side-note: Which version of smithay should I use?
### Side-note: Which version of Smithay should I use?
Smithay itself does not follow a regular release schedule, as such many compositors choose to depend on a given git commit and frequent updates. However we strive to do better in this department and try to publish semi-frequently to crates.io.
Smithay itself does not follow a regular release schedule, as such many compositors choose to depend on a given git commit and frequent updates. We strive to do better in this department and try to publish semi-frequently to crates.io.
However the framework is still evolving a lot, thus we cannot really commit to any sort of ABI stability. Thus you currently need to rely on git-based updates to not only get new features, but also bugfixes. As a result released smithay versions don't really have a benefit other than coming from crates.io.
However the framework is still evolving a lot, thus we cannot really commit to any sort of ABI stability. Thus you currently need to rely on git-based updates to not only get new features, but also bugfixes. As a result released Smithay versions don't really have a benefit other than coming from crates.io.
If you are still unsure, check our [Changelog](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) and see how many unreleased features
are currently waiting for a new smithay release. The longer the list, the more we recommend to start off with the current git commit to make updating
are currently waiting for a new Smithay release. The longer the list, the more we recommend to start off with the current git commit to make updating
to the next released version as easy as possible.
## Further help
If you still feel stuck trying to work your way through these resources or have questions not covered here, please feel free to reach out in our chatroom.
You can find us on matrix: [#smithay:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#smithay:matrix.org). If you don't want to use matrix, this room is also bridged to libera.chat IRC on #smithay.
You can find us on Matrix: [#smithay:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#smithay:matrix.org). If you don't want to use Matrix, this room is also bridged to libera.chat IRC on #smithay.

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## Getting started
If you want to learn how to build a compositor with smithay, consider this [getting started](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/blob/master/GETTING_STARTED.md) guide.
If you want to learn how to build a compositor with Smithay, consider this [getting started](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/blob/master/GETTING_STARTED.md) guide.
## Anvil
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## Contributing
General notes on contributing to smithay can be found [here](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/blob/master/Contributing.md).
General notes on contributing to Smithay can be found [here](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/blob/master/Contributing.md).
Please note that to submit code to smithay, you have to agree to our [Developer Certificate of Origin](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/blob/master/DCO.md).
Please note that to submit code to Smithay, you have to agree to our [Developer Certificate of Origin](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/blob/master/DCO.md).
If you are used to using generative AI, please ensure you read our [Policy](https://github.com/Smithay/smithay/blob/master/AI.md) before engaging.