Original author(s) | Robert Ancell |
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Developer(s) |
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Initial release | September 10, 2010 |
Stable release | 1.32.0
[1]
/ 18 July 2022 |
Repository | |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Linux, OpenIndiana |
Size | 1 MB |
Available in | >50 languages [2] [3] [4] |
Type | X display manager |
License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
Website |
github |
LightDM is a free and open-source X display manager that aims to be lightweight, fast, extensible and multi-desktop. [5] It can use various front-ends to draw the user interface, [6] also called Greeters. [7] It also supports Wayland. [8] [9]
LightDM is the default display manager for Edubuntu, Xubuntu and Mythbuntu since the 11.10 release, [10] [11] [12] for Lubuntu since the 12.04 release [13] until 16.10, [14] for Kubuntu beginning with 12.10 [15] until 15.04 [16] for Linux Mint [17] and Antergos.
Features include:
LightDM has a simpler code base than GDM and does not load any GNOME libraries to work, but at the cost of some features that the user may or may not need. [18] [19]
LightDM Greeters in active development | |||
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Name | Key feature(s) | Version | Website |
Arctica Greeter | Greeter for Arctica, [20] fork of Unity Greeter | 0.99.1.4 [21] |
github |
Deepin Greeter | Greeter for Deepin | 5.0.0 [22] |
github |
GTK Greeter | Greeter for Xubuntu and former GTK reference implementation, [23] former Lubuntu default, [13] Xubuntu default [11] | 2.0.8 [24] |
github |
Mini Greeter | Minimalist, single-user. INI configuration | 0.5.1 [25] |
github |
Pantheon Greeter | Greeter for elementary OS [26] | 7.0.0 [27] |
github |
Qt5 Greeter | Greeter for Qt 5 | 0.11.1 [28] |
github |
Slick Greeter | Greeter for Linux Mint, fork of Unity Greeter | 1.4.1 [29] |
github |
WebEngine Greeter | QtWebEngine-based, C++ rewrite of Web Greeter 3.0 | — |
github |
Web Greeter | QtWebEngine-based, continuing Antergos Web Greeter 3.0, [30] allows to create web based themes | 3.4.1 [31] | |
WebKit2 Greeter | Easy theming [6] | 2.0.0 [32] |
gitlab |
Dormant LightDM Greeters | |||
Name | Key feature(s) | Version | Website |
Antergos Web Greeter | Default greeter for Antergos. [33] Uses HTML/Javascript for theming [34] | 2.2.5 [35] |
github |
Crowd Greeter | Demonstration for an OpenGL-based Greeter [36] [37] | 0.0.2 [38] |
launchpad |
GTK Builder Greeter | An alternative implementation from LXDE for GTK based on GtkBuilder featuring WYSIWYG theme editing with Glade Interface Designer. | 0.2.0 [39] |
lxde |
KDE Greeter | Plasma 4 integration, [40] [41] Kubuntu default [15] until superseded by SDDM [16] | 0.3.2.2 [42] |
github |
LXQt Greeter | Qt-only Greeter for LXQt desktop (formerly Razor Greeter [43]) until superseded by SDDM [44] | 0.7 |
github |
Qt Greeter | Reference implementation in Qt | — |
launchpad |
Unity Greeter | Former Ubuntu default [6] | 15.04.3 [45] |
launchpad |
... For a display manager, SDDM is recommended ...