From ce0900dd0192fe2960b13cb31d1f5683cc10b4c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isabella Bastaja <isabella@sorre.xyz>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:50:20 +0200
Subject: niri: manage ancillary services with systemd

---
 share/home/niri.nix | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

(limited to 'share/home')

diff --git a/share/home/niri.nix b/share/home/niri.nix
index e3e1061..694b82a 100644
--- a/share/home/niri.nix
+++ b/share/home/niri.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   pkgs,
   config,
   inputs,
-  system,
   ...
 }:
 let
+  inherit (pkgs) lib;
   tomlFormat = pkgs.formats.toml { };
   screenshot = pkgs.writeScript "ib-screenshot" ''
     set -xeu pipefail
@@ -19,12 +19,22 @@ in
   ];
   # programs.waybar.enable = true;
   programs.tofi.enable = true;
+  services.mako.enable = true;
   services.darkman.enable = true;
+  services.wpaperd.enable = true;
+  programs.waybar = {
+    enable = true;
+    systemd = {
+      enable = true;
+      targets = [ "niri.service" ];
+    };
+  };
 
   home.packages = [
     pkgs.niri-stable
     pkgs.wpaperd # for wpaperctl
     pkgs.gnome-keyring
+    pkgs.soteria
 
     # Super strange issue with nautilus: the desktop file only works so long as
     # I have desktop-file-utils installed *anywhere* on the system. As in, just
@@ -96,14 +106,6 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    spawn-at-startup = [
-      { command = [ "${pkgs.xwayland-satellite}/bin/xwayland-satellite" ]; }
-      { command = [ "${pkgs.mako}/bin/mako" ]; }
-      { command = [ "${pkgs.wpaperd}/bin/wpaperd" ]; }
-      { command = [ "${pkgs.soteria}/bin/soteria" ]; } # polkit agent
-      { command = [ "${pkgs.waybar}/bin/waybar" ]; }
-    ];
-
     environment = {
       QT_QPA_PLATFORM = "wayland";
       DISPLAY = ":0"; # for X11 to recognize xwayland-satellite correctly
@@ -366,4 +368,42 @@ in
       };
     };
   };
+
+  # from: https://github.com/Supreeeme/xwayland-satellite/blob/8575d0ef55d70f9b4c46b6bffb3accf912217e1e/resources/xwayland-satellite.service
+  systemd.user.services.xwayland-satellite = {
+    Unit = {
+      Description = "Xwayland outside your Wayland";
+      BindsTo = [ "niri.service" ];
+      PartOf = [ "niri.service" ];
+      After = [ "niri.service" ];
+      Requisite = [ "niri.service" ];
+    };
+
+    Service = {
+      Type = "notify";
+      NotifyAccess = "all";
+      ExecStart = lib.getExe pkgs.xwayland-satellite;
+      StandardOutput = "journal";
+    };
+
+    Install.WantedBy = lib.mkDefault [ "niri.service" ];
+  };
+
+  systemd.user.services.soteria = {
+    Unit = {
+      Description = "Soteria, Polkit authentication agent for any desktop environment";
+      Wants = [ "niri.service" ];
+      After = [ "niri.service" ];
+    };
+
+    Service = {
+      ExecStart = lib.getExe pkgs.soteria;
+      Type = "simple";
+      Restart = "on-failure";
+      RestartSec = 1;
+      TimeoutStopSec = 10;
+    };
+
+    Install.WantedBy = lib.mkDefault [ "niri.service" ];
+  };
 }
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