# 🔒 RustLock
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A high-performance Wayland screen locker written in Rust, inspired by `swaylock-effects`.
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## ✨ Features
- ⚡ **Performance**: Written in safe Rust, optimized binary size (~2.4MB without networking, ~4MB with)
- 🎨 **Visual Effects**:
- Gaussian blur (configurable radius and passes)
- Vignette effect (configurable base and factor)
- Pixelate and Swirl effects
- Smooth fade-in animation
- 🔐 **Password Indicator**:
- Circular ring with configurable radius and thickness
- Dynamic key highlight segments that rotate with each keystroke
- Full password editing with cursor navigation (arrow keys, Home/End)
- Visual cursor indicator between dots
- Caps lock indicator
- 🕐 **Information Display**:
- Centered clock (HH:MM format)
- Full date
- System uptime
- 📻 **Media & System Status** (optional):
- MPRIS media player integration with album art
- Battery percentage and charging status
- WiFi SSID and signal strength
- Bluetooth connected devices
- Keyboard layout indicator
- 🔑 **Session Management**:
- F1: Suspend
- F2: Reboot
- F3: Power Off
- 📸 **Screenshot Support**:
- Captures desktop background before locking
- Custom background image support
- 🔐 **Authentication**:
- PAM-based authentication
- Configurable grace period (any key press within N seconds unlocks without password)
- 🎯 **Customization**:
- Multiple ring shapes: circle, square, diamond, hexagon, pill
- Custom icons for WiFi, Bluetooth, Battery
- Configuration via config file or CLI
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## 🚀 Usage
### Basic Example
```bash
rustlock --screenshots --effect-blur 7x5 --effect-vignette 0.5:0.5
```
### Full Configuration
```bash
rustlock \
--screenshots \
--clock \
--indicator \
--indicator-radius 100 \
--indicator-thickness 7 \
--ring-shape hexagon \
--effect-blur 7x5 \
--effect-vignette 0.5:0.5 \
--ring-color 785412 \
--key-hl-color 4EAC41 \
--line-color 00000000 \
--inside-color 00000088 \
--separator-color 00000000 \
--show-network \
--show-battery \
--grace 2 \
--fade-in 0.2
```
### Session Controls
When locked, use function keys to control the system:
- **F1**: Suspend to RAM
- **F2**: Reboot
- **F3**: Power Off
### Password Entry
Use arrow keys to move the cursor while entering your password:
- **Left/Right arrows**: Move cursor one position
- **Home**: Move to start
- **End**: Move to end
- **Delete**: Delete character at cursor
- **Ctrl+U**: Clear entire password
---
## ⚙️ Configuration
Options can be provided via command line or a configuration file at `~/.config/rustlock/config.toml`. CLI arguments take precedence over config file values.
### Options
| Option | Default | Description |
|--------|---------|-------------|
| **General** | | |
| `--screenshots` | — | Capture desktop background before locking |
| `--image ` | — | Use custom background image instead of screenshot |
| `--clock` | — | Display centered clock and date |
| `--indicator` | `true` | Show password entry ring |
| `--hide-password` | `false` | Hide password dots (dots are shown by default) |
| `--config ` | — | Path to config file |
| `--debug` | — | Enable debug logging |
| **Ring** | | |
| `--indicator-radius ` | `100` | Ring radius in pixels |
| `--indicator-thickness ` | `7` | Ring thickness in pixels |
| `--ring-shape ` | `circle` | Ring shape: `circle`, `square`, `diamond`, `hexagon`, `pill` |
| `--max-dots ` | `24` | Maximum password dots in the ring |
| **Effects** | | |
| `--effect-blur x` | — | Gaussian blur: radius x passes (e.g., `7x5`) |
| `--effect-vignette :` | — | Vignette: base : factor (e.g., `0.5:0.5`) |
| `--effect-pixelate ` | — | Pixelate effect with block size in pixels |
| `--effect-swirl ` | — | Swirl distortion with angle |
| **Colors** (hex `RRGGBB[AA]`) | | |
| `--ring-color ` | `#785412` | Outer ring color |
| `--line-color ` | `#00000000` | Separator line color |
| `--inside-color ` | `#00000088` | Inner circle fill color |
| `--separator-color ` | `#00000000` | Ring segment separator color |
| `--key-hl-color ` | `#4EAC41` | Key highlight segment color |
| `--caps-lock-key-hl-color ` | `#4EAC41` | Key highlight color when caps lock is on |
| `--caps-lock-bs-hl-color ` | `#DB3300` | Backspace highlight color in caps lock |
| `--caps-lock-color ` | `#E5A445` | Caps lock indicator ring color |
| `--caps-lock-text-color ` | `#E5A445` | Caps lock text color |
| `--verifying-color ` | `#0072FF` | Verifying feedback ring color |
| `--show-caps-lock-text` | `false` | Show "CAPS" text when caps lock is active |
| **Display** | | |
| `--show-media` | `false` | Show MPRIS media player information |
| `--show-battery` | `false` | Show battery status |
| `--show-network` | `false` | Show WiFi SSID and signal strength |
| `--show-bluetooth` | `false` | Show Bluetooth status |
| `--show-album-art` | `false` | Show album art for media |
| `--show-keyboard-layout` | `false` | Show keyboard layout indicator |
| **Feedback & Timing** | | |
| `--fade-in ` | `0.2` | Fade-in animation duration |
| `--grace ` | `0` | Grace period — any key press unlocks within N seconds |
| `--auth-timeout ` | `10000` | PAM authentication timeout in milliseconds |
| `--wrong-password-duration ` | `500` | Wrong password feedback animation duration |
| `--key-highlight-duration ` | `300` | Key highlight feedback duration |
| `--cleared-feedback-duration ` | `500` | Cleared password feedback duration |
| `--verifying-timeout ` | `5000` | Verifying feedback fallback timeout |
| `--feedback-window-duration ` | `1000` | Wrong password feedback input window |
| `--key-highlight-window-duration ` | `200` | Key highlight input-side window |
| **System** | | |
| `--pam-service ` | `rustlock` | PAM service name |
| `--system-poll-interval ` | `2` | Polling interval for system status updates |
| `--dbus-reconnect-delay ` | `5` | Delay before reconnecting DBus on failure |
| `--command-timeout ` | `5` | Timeout for system commands |
| **Custom Icons** (PNG/SVG path) | | |
| `--wifi-icon ` | — | Custom WiFi icon |
| `--bluetooth-icon ` | — | Custom Bluetooth icon |
| `--battery-icon ` | — | Custom battery icon |
| `--media-prev-icon ` | — | Custom previous track icon |
| `--media-stop-icon ` | — | Custom stop icon |
| `--media-play-icon ` | — | Custom play icon |
| `--media-pause-icon ` | — | Custom pause icon |
| `--media-next-icon ` | — | Custom next track icon |
| **Logging** | | |
| `--log-file` | — | Write verbose logs to `~/.rustlock.log` |
| `--log-path ` | — | Path for log file (enables file logging, overrides `--log-file` default path) |
---
## 📦 Installation
### Using Nix (Recommended)
```bash
nix-shell -p rustlock
```
Or with flakes:
```bash
nix run github:yourusername/rustlock
```
### From Source
```bash
cargo build --release
```
The binary will be available at `target/release/rustlock`.
### Build Options
- **With networking** (default): Includes reqwest for album art fetching
```bash
cargo build --release --features networking
```
- **Without networking**: Smaller binary (~2.4MB)
```bash
cargo build --release --no-default-features
```
---
## 📄 License
GPL v3