Open-Picom ๐
This is a fork of pijulius's picom build with incredible animations. Modified and with provided instructions on installing for OpenBSD. Enjoy!
Summary
| Latest Version | Unknown |
|---|---|
| License | Unknown |
| CI Status | Failing |
| Stars | 6 |
| Forks | 3 |
| Open Issues | 0 |
| Last Commit | 2025-05-16 |
| Downloads | 0 |
| Last Indexed | 2026-08-04 04:52 |
Installation
nimble install Open-Picom ๐
choosenim install Open-Picom ๐
git clone https://gitlab.com/Zaney/picom
OS Compatibility
| Platform | Linux | macOS | Windows | FreeBSD | OpenBSD | NetBSD | Android | iOS | WASM | Embedded |
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| Open-Picom ๐ | - | - | - | - | โ | - | - | - | - | - |
Source
| Repository | https://gitlab.com/Zaney/picom |
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| Homepage | https://gitlab.com/Zaney/picom |
| Registry Source | gitlab |
README
picom

This is a fork of the pijulius picom with the incredible animations. This is made for OpenBSD users, if you're not using OpenBSD check pijulius's picom.
Build
Dependencies
- meson
- ninja
- python
- gcc
- cmake
- xcb
- libconfig (optional, disable with the
-Dconfig_file=falsemeson configure flag) - libev
- uthash
To build the documents, you need asciidoc
To build
$ git submodule update --init --recursive
$ LDFLAGS="-L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/local/include" meson --buildtype=release . build
$ ninja -C build
Built binary can be found in build/src
To install
$ ninja -C build install
Default install prefix is /usr/local, you can change it with meson configure -Dprefix=<path> build
How to Contribute
Code
You can look at the Projects page, and see if there is anything that interests you. Or you can take a look at the Issues.
Non-code
Even if you don't want to contribute code, you can still contribute by compiling and running this branch, and report any issue you can find.
Contributions to the documents and wiki will also be appreciated.
Contributors
See CONTRIBUTORS