Sway login screen

I installed Sway manually, but I know if you use the sway distro you are greeted with a specific sway login screen. Is there a way for me to get that login screen. It looks like it’s based on greetd, which I have now set to me login screen, but it does look like the one for the default sway install. I would like it to be just the same.

Any help appreciated.

System:
Kernel: 6.17.1-arch1-1-surface arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-surface
root=UUID=e0d7c845-945b-46c6-9caf-3e928efdba5a rw rootflags=subvol=@
loglevel=3 quiet
Desktop: Sway v: 0.5.3 with: waybar tools: swayidle avail: lxlock,swaylock
vt: 1 dm: 1: LightDM v: 1.32.0 note: stopped 2: SDDM note: stopped
Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Microsoft product: Surface Laptop
v: 124000000000000000000000D:F B:0C850001 F:Y C:09 P:C1 S:01
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Microsoft model: Surface Laptop serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: Surface_Laptop uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI
vendor: Microsoft v: 138.3732.768 date: 04.20.2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 36.6 Wh (99%) condition: 37/45.2 Wh (81.9%) power: 3.5 W
volts: 8.8 min: 7.57 model: DYN M1005926 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
charging: status: charging cycles: 606
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core m3-7Y30 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake
note: check level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF6
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB
desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 897 min/max: 400/2600 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 897 2: 897 3: 897 4: 897 bogomips: 12799
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 615 vendor: Microsoft driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:591e
class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: Sway v: 0.5.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 1
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Panasonic VVX14T092N00 serial: <filter>
built: 2016 res: mode: 2256x1504 hz: 60 scale: 200% (2) to: 1128x752
dpi: 201 gamma: 1.2 size: 285x190mm (11.22x7.48") diag: 343mm (13.5")
ratio: 3:2 modes: 2256x1504
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Info: Tools: wl: kanshi,swaymsg x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Imaging
Unit driver: ipu3-imgu alternate: ipu3_imgu bus-ID: 00:05.0
chip-ID: 8086:1919 class-ID: 0480
Device-2: Intel CSI-2 Host driver: ipu3-cio2 alternate: ipu3_cio2
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d32 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.17.1-arch1-1-surface status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: off 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Marvell 88W8897 [AVASTAR] 802.11ac Wireless driver: mwifiex_pcie
v: 1.0 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 11ab:2b38 class-ID: 0200
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Marvell Bluetooth and Wireless LAN Composite driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:2
chip-ID: 1286:204c class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 38.78 GiB (32.5%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SanDisk
model: THNSN0128GTYA TOSHIBA size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0AMS0102 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 110.71 GiB size: 110.71 GiB (100.00%)
used: 38.76 GiB (35.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 18 MiB (6.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 110.71 GiB size: 110.71 GiB (100.00%)
used: 38.76 GiB (35.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 110.71 GiB size: 110.71 GiB (100.00%)
used: 38.76 GiB (35.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 110.71 GiB size: 110.71 GiB (100.00%)
used: 38.76 GiB (35.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 3.74 GiB used: 12 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.23 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C pch: 33.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 4 GiB available: 3.74 GiB used: 2.2 GiB (58.9%)
Processes: 214 Power: uptime: 3m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
image: 1.48 GiB Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 1529 pm: pacman pkgs: 1521 libs: 380 tools: octopi,pacseek,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 8 Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash
v: 5.3.8 running-in: foot inxi: 3.3.40
Garuda (2.11.1-1):
System install date: 2025-08-31
Garuda release: 250826
Last full system update: 2025-12-09
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut garuda-hardware-profile-standard
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units: systemd-vconsole-setup.service
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As far as I can see:
https://gitlab.com/garuda-linux/tools/iso-profiles/-/blob/master/garuda/sway/Packages-Desktop?ref_type=heads#L45
Sway uses nwg-hello with greetd, so you’ll have to install that package, and maybe give a look here:
https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-hello/blob/

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Yes, I found that same git hub and have installed it. Very similar!

If you want to make it more similar, I think you should install the garuda-sway-settings. See contents here

Which will bring all its dependencies. See here:
https://gitlab.com/garuda-linux/pkgbuilds/-/blob/main/garuda-sway-settings/PKGBUILD?ref_type=heads
Probably creating a new user would also help, to use the new settings.
But in the end, you’d have better installed Garuda Sway :grinning_face: and thinker it to your liking…

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