yappologistic/Nala

AppsC++

2.0 Early signal Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

About the project

A desktop companion for Hyprland: a floating character on wlr-layer-shell that follows the cursor, morphs between shapes, and reacts to compositor events and music. Configured via tray or CLI.

Useful for

Run Nala as a desktop companion on Hyprland
Trigger behaviors via CLI commands like nala wink, nala think, nala alert
Configure reactions to system load, notifications, and workspace changes

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

5 stars so far today, about 6 expected by the end of the day.
The spike has held for 3 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
The repository is 2 days old and already has 57 stars.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 57
Stars in a day: 6
Forks: 4
Issues and pull requests: 0
Watchers: 4
Language: C++
License: MIT
Created: September 16, 2026
Last push: September 16, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 18, 2026Top new repositories this week: #193

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