Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

3recommend
0warn against
Dec 1, 2025first mention
Dec 9, 2025latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used fordisplay managerdisplay manager on nixos

Why people recommend it

“I use Ly because it has the same look and feel as a terminal, but looks slightly better.”

“I switched to Ly a few weeks ago, after SDDM kept crashing.”

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“I use this on NixOS[0] with the Matrix digital rain animation and enjoy it way too much :)”

Caveats and dissent

No one in these comments warned against it.

Who recommends it in their own words

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“I use Ly because it has the same look and feel as a terminal, but looks slightly better.”

“I switched to Ly a few weeks ago, after SDDM kept crashing.”

“I use this on NixOS[0] with the Matrix digital rain animation and enjoy it way too much :)”

Threads where it came up

Data: ly.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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