Niri 25.08 released

Version25.08 of the niri scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor has beenreleased. Notable changes include xwayland-satelliteintegration, modal exit confirmation, and the introduction of basicsupport for screen readers:

A seriesof posts by fireborn earlier this year on the screen readersituation in Linux got me curious: how does one supportscreen readers in a Wayland compositor? The documentation isunfortunately scarce and difficult to find. Thankfully, @DataTriny from the AccessKit project came across my issue,pointed me at the right protocols, and answered a lot of my questions.

So, as of this release, niri has basic support for screen readers!We implement the org.freedesktop.a11y.KeyboardMonitor D-Businterface for Orca to listen andgrab keyboard keys, and we expose the main niri UI elements viaAccessKit. [...]

The current screen reader support and further considerations aredocumented on the new Accessibility wiki page.

LWN covered niri inJuly.