Hello, I'm currently working at Vela, a new Desktop Environment based on wlroots but with a custom Vulkan 1.4 renderer and without OpenGL or software fallback.
This is currently alpha software, even though I daily run it and it's great to me.
I'm currently looking for testers, especially nvidia testers but in general people who runs arch with kde (should run also with gnome but not tested).
Vela currently needs kde plasma just because inherits icons, fonts, kwallet and something else; no kwin as I said Vela has a custom renderer.
Vela's motto is Modern, Fluid, Sharp, Efficient. These are not only words, I invite all of you to check the architecture in the repo docs/
It currently has a file manager and a settings app where you can customize the shell a bit.
Customization will be a focus in Vela, but for now there aren't a lot of options, since this is an alpha.
At the moment Vela is very similar to Windows 11 UI, because I like it. But in the next weeks will come a major redesign which I'm working a lot on with a friend of mine. Vela will soon have his identity.
AI Disclosure: this post is made by me; Vela code is 100% written by AI, but is reviewed by me as an experienced developer and I make all the architectural and design decisions.
Requirements: A GPU which supports Vulkan 1.4
Repo: Github
There's already an automated installer and updater, also an automated vela-report to fill some useful informations for mantainers.
Thanks for reading :)