From 2c0dc16cecd7850a888cc924c99d7c690ac10db7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LaserEyess <LaserEyess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:08:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] build: add systemd services

Three convenience services

1. Default configuration location
2. Default configuration path, with -c flag for modifying config
   location
3. Modified configuration path

Co-Authored-By: Axel Forsman <axel@axelf.se>
---
 CMakeLists.txt                     |  8 ++++++++
 assets/quickshell-path@.service.in | 13 +++++++++++++
 assets/quickshell.service.in       | 13 +++++++++++++
 assets/quickshell@.service.in      | 13 +++++++++++++
 default.nix                        |  5 ++++-
 5 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 assets/quickshell-path@.service.in
 create mode 100644 assets/quickshell.service.in
 create mode 100644 assets/quickshell@.service.in

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dca78f7d..4fcc7bff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -177,3 +177,11 @@ install(
 	DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
 	RENAME org.quickshell.svg
 )
+
+foreach (SYSTEMD_FILE "quickshell.service" "quickshell@.service" "quickshell-path@.service")
+	configure_file(assets/${SYSTEMD_FILE}.in ${SYSTEMD_FILE})
+	install(
+		FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${SYSTEMD_FILE}
+		DESTINATION lib/systemd/user
+	)
+endforeach()
diff --git a/assets/quickshell-path@.service.in b/assets/quickshell-path@.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65994251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/quickshell-path@.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Quickshell Desktop Shell for config path %i
+PartOf=graphical-session.target
+Requisite=graphical-session.target
+After=graphical-session.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=@CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR@/quickshell -p %i
+Slice=session.slice
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=graphical-session.target
diff --git a/assets/quickshell.service.in b/assets/quickshell.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93fc07ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/quickshell.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Quickshell Desktop Shell
+PartOf=graphical-session.target
+Requisite=graphical-session.target
+After=graphical-session.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=@CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR@/quickshell
+Slice=session.slice
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=graphical-session.target
diff --git a/assets/quickshell@.service.in b/assets/quickshell@.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25e65f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/quickshell@.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Quickshell Desktop Shell for config %i
+PartOf=graphical-session.target
+Requisite=graphical-session.target
+After=graphical-session.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=@CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR@/quickshell -c %i
+Slice=session.slice
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=graphical-session.target
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index c6c97a82..cfcb0b65 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -139,10 +139,13 @@
     dontUnpack = true;
     dontConfigure = true;
     dontBuild = true;
+    dontMoveSystemdUserUnits = true;
 
     installPhase = ''
       mkdir -p $out
-      cp -r ${unwrapped}/* $out
+      cp -r ${unwrapped} $out
+      substituteInPlace $out/lib/systemd/user/quickshell*.service \
+        --replace-fail ${unwrapped} $out
     '';
 
     passthru = {