LightDM-webkit2-greeter (forked from Antergos/web-greeter)

Installation

Official Distro Packages (Dismissed)

Distro	Install Command/Links
	sudo pacman -S lightdm-webkit2-greeter

Unofficial Distro Packages

Distro	Install Command/Links
	yay -S lightdm-webkit2-greeter
	copr
	Not available
	latest release

Building

Dependencies

liblightdm-gobject-1	lightdm	liblightdm-gobject-dev	lightdm-gobject-devel	liblightdm-gobject-1-0
gtk+ 3	gtk3	libgtk-3-0	gtk3	gtk3
webkit2gtk-4.0	webkit2gtk	libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev	webkitgtk4	libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
dbus-glib-1	dbus-glib	libdbus-glib-1-dev	dbus-glib	dbus-1-glib

Build Deps

Meson Build System	meson v0.37+

Antergos / Arch / Manjaro / EndeavourOS

sudo pacman -S meson lightdm gtk3 webkit2gtk dbus-glib -y

Debian / Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Zorin OS

sudo apt install meson liblightdm-gobject-dev libgtk-3-0 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev -y

Fedora

sudo dnf install meson lighdm-gobject-devel gtk3 webkitgtk4 dbus-glib -y

OpenSUSE

sudo zypper -n install meson lightdm-gobject-devel gtk3-devel libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 dbus-1-glib-devel \
webkit2gtk3-devel  webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel

How To Build

git clone https://github.com/MerkeX/lightdm-webkit2-greeter.git /tmp/greeter
cd /tmp/greeter/build
#git checkout ${LATEST_RELEASE_TAG} # eg. git checkout 2.2
git checkout stable
meson --prefix=/usr --libdir=lib ..
ninja

How To Install

sudo ninja install

One liner

git clone https://github.com/Antergos/lightdm-webkit2-greeter.git /tmp/greeter && cd /tmp/greeter/build && git checkout stable && meson --prefix=/usr --libdir=lib .. && ninja && sudo ninja install

Theme JavaScript API:

The greeter exposes a JavaScript API to themes which they must use to interact with the greeter (in order to facilitate the user login process). For more details, check out the API Documentation.

Personally, I recommend the litarvan theme.