| LightDM | |
|---|---|
LightDM inelementaryOS with its default "Pantheon Greeter 5.0" front-end | |
| Original author | Robert Ancell |
| Developers |
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| Initial release | September 10, 2010; 15 years ago (2010-09-10) |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux,OpenIndiana |
| Size | 1MB |
| Available in | >50 languages[2][3][4] |
| Type | X display manager |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Website | github |
| Repository | |
LightDM is afree and open-sourceX display manager that aims to be lightweight, fast, extensible and multi-desktop.[5] It can use variousfront-ends to draw the user interface,[6] also calledGreeters.[7] It also supportsWayland.[8][9]
LightDM is the default display manager forEdubuntu,Xubuntu andMythbuntu since the 11.10 release,[10][11][12] forLubuntu since the 12.04 release[13] until 16.10,[14] forKubuntu beginning with 12.10[15] until 15.04[16] forLinux Mint[17] andAntergos.
Features include:
LightDM has a simpler code base thanGDM and does not load anyGNOMElibraries to work, but at the cost of some features that the user may or may not need.[18][19]
| LightDM Greeters in active development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 forDeepin | 5.0.0[22] | github |
| GTK Greeter | Greeter forXubuntu and formerGTKreference 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 forelementary OS[26] | 7.0.0[27] | github |
| Qt5 Greeter | Greeter for Qt 5 | 0.11.1[28] | github |
| Slick Greeter | Greeter forLinux 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 forAntergos.[33] Uses HTML/JavaScript for theming[34] | 2.2.5[35] | github |
| Crowd Greeter | Demonstration for anOpenGL-based Greeter[36][37] | 0.0.2[38] | launchpad |
| GTK Builder Greeter | An alternative implementation fromLXDE forGTK based on GtkBuilder featuringWYSIWYG theme editing withGlade Interface Designer. | 0.2.0[39] | lxde |
| KDE Greeter | Plasma 4 integration,[40][41] Kubuntu default[15] until superseded bySDDM[16] | 0.3.2.2[42] | github |
| LXQt Greeter | Qt-only Greeter forLXQt desktop (formerlyRazor Greeter[43]) until superseded bySDDM[44] | 0.7 | github |
| Qt Greeter | Reference implementation inQt | — | launchpad |
| Unity Greeter | FormerUbuntu default[6] | 15.04.3[45] | launchpad |
... For a display manager, SDDM is recommended ...