On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 06:57:10PM +0100, Svante Signell via Dng wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If and when somebody creates something better than dbus, it will
> overtake dbus in no time. Whatever language it is written in. Dbus is
> like systemd, a plague forced upon users all over the world.

I mailed the author about other alternatives -- since he's
talking about writing his own. From the links, it's clear
he's developing a WM for wayland <makes sign of the cross :->

Here's his reply, sharing for you-all's edification :-)

>> Hi there,
>>
>> yes, I've seen ubus, valkey, and binder. All have their own
>> problems, and outside of binder, none solve the most
>> critical (imo) problems with dbus. Ubus was just made to be
>> simpler for wrt's usecase, it didn't fix much. Valkey passes
>> json on the wire (wtf?). Binder has the problem of being
>> android-centric.
>>
>> At any rate, the code amount to use my own protocol
>> (hyprwire) is not much, it's not that big of a deal, really,
>> while I can fully control it and tailor it specifically to
>> tavern.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> vaxry
>>
>> Lead developer and owner of hyprwm/Hyprland Development:
>> hypr.land <https://hypr.land>, github.com/hyprwm
>> <https://github.com/hyprwm/>.
>>
>>See my website at vaxry.net <https://vaxry.net>

And here's one more relevant link:

https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprtavern

--
Joel Roth