waypipe

Remote Wayland application forwarding over SSH

TLDR

Run remote program locally

$ waypipe ssh [user]@[server] [program]

Open SSH tunnel

$ waypipe ssh [user]@[server]

Skip Vulkan test

$ waypipe --test-skip-vulkan ssh [user]@[server] [program]

Display help

$ waypipe -h

SYNOPSIS

waypipe [OPTIONS] ssh HOST [PROGRAM]

waypipe runs graphical Wayland applications remotely and displays them locally, similar to X11 forwarding but for Wayland compositors. It handles the Wayland protocol over SSH.The tool creates a transparent tunnel that makes remote applications appear as native local windows.

PARAMETERS

--test-skip-vulkan

Skip testing for Vulkan support

-h, --help

Display help information

INSTALL

sudo apt install waypipe

sudo dnf install waypipe

sudo pacman -S waypipe

sudo apk add waypipe

sudo zypper install waypipe

nix profile install nixpkgs#waypipe

CAVEATS

Requires Wayland on both local and remote systems. Performance depends on network latency. Some applications may not work correctly with remote rendering.