# niri v25.08

- Product: niri (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/niri)
- Vendor: niri
- Date: 2025-08-30
- Version: v25.08
- Original notes: https://github.com/niri-wm/niri/releases/tag/v25.08
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/niri/releases/v25.08
- Labels: Platforms: Linux

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- **added** — Niri now has a logo designed as a candle with four versions: full-sized, simple full-sized, icon, and simple icon
- **added** — Integrate xwayland-satellite for automatic X11 support with on-demand spawning and automatic restart
- **added** — Add xwayland-satellite configuration option for non-standard binary locations
- **added** — Enable X11 apps to be put into spawn-at-startup without startup race conditions
- **added** — Implement screen reader support

Niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor. Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.

A month ago, on July 31st, we hit 10,000 stars on GitHub! Thanks everyone for your support. 😄 Also, on August 10, niri turned two years old since the [initial commit](https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/commit/ad3c3f8cefd38d2bf26b466d8e34eccde3bca443).

With introductions out of the way, here are the improvements from the last release.

> [!NOTE]
> Packagers:
>
> - Niri still requires libdisplay-info 0.2 (not 0.3). When libdisplay-info-rs [updates its requirement](https://github.com/Smithay/libdisplay-info-rs/issues/15), you will likely be able to bump it in niri with no other changes.
> - Some tests now require surfaceless EGL to be available at test time. If this is problematic, you can ignore them with `cargo test -- --skip=::egl`.
> - The wiki contents have moved from `wiki/` to `docs/wiki/`.
> - We have a new [Integrating niri](https://yalter.github.io/niri/Integrating-niri.html) wiki page with information on integrating niri into distributions, which you may find helpful.

##### A logo

After many, *many* ideas and discussions (first on Matrix, then [on GitHub](https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/discussions/1605)), and several cool design proposals, niri now has logo!

![niri logo](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/07d05cd0-d5dc-4a28-9a35-51bae8f119a0)

It's a candle! The logo comes in four versions: full-sized, simple full-sized, icon, and simple icon. The simple versions are single-color and suitable for smaller sizes.

| | full-sized | icon |
|---|:---:|:---:|
| normal | ![](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/07d05cd0-d5dc-4a28-9a35-51bae8f119a0) | ![](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8891e257-05d1-4e49-965d-906ecdc37fdc) |
| simple | ![](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4b972b50-e539-4955-a73c-8113de9a78a5) | ![](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f616db56-aa73-47da-b8ed-1e882fc65e32) |

The logo is intentionally recolorable, and you might've already seen several versions across our wiki, Matrix, and Discord. In fact, there's [a webpage](https://nirilogo.raurutuchr.ink) that lets you quickly adjust the color and download an SVG.

Big thanks to @ixxie, @bluelinden, and @HumpityDumpityDumber for creating and iterating on this design.

##### New wiki

Thanks to @chinatsu, we have a new interface to browse our wiki! Check it out: https://yalter.github.io/niri/

The main improvement over GitHub Wiki is the interactive full-text search.

![Screenshot of the search in the new wiki.](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/86a40066-c79d-4eaf-a2c0-b58ede8d34b2)

The site uses [Material for MkDocs](https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/), and we retained full compatibility with GitHub Wiki, meaning all existing links keep working. All wiki pages will continue to be deployed to both the new site and the GitHub Wiki.

The new site allows us to make various customizations. For example, @chinatsu made all of our "Since: version" annotations render as badges and link to the corresponding release notes.

![Screenshot of a Since badge.](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/531c6439-a30c-4e12-a67c-3980b0afa34f)

Also, thanks everyone for several suggestions and test wikis in the [GitHub discussion](https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/discussions/1830)!

##### xwayland-satellite integration

There are still plenty of apps, and notably games, that use X11 and thus require Xwayland to work. Setting this up has been a common stumbling block for new niri users, because unlike most other compositors, [we don't integrate Xwayland](https://yalter.github.io/niri/FAQ.html#why-doesnt-niri-integrate-xwayland-like-other-compositors).

This niri release solves that problem by integrating [xwayland-satellite](https://github.com/Supreeeme/xwayland-satellite). Make sure xway

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