ganit

Ganit (गणित) is Sanskrit for "mathematics": the sums, conversions and currencies, answered as you type.

ganit is the calculator and converter for Vyom: one keyboard-driven panel that opens instantly, with live data, a preview and a key for everything. It runs on any compositor with the layer-shell protocol (sway, Hyprland, river, niri, Wayfire, labwc…). In Vayu, the desktop it was built for, it replaces wofi-calc.sh (a prompt, then a second wofi for the result).

#Features

• Answers as you type, through qalc (libqalculate): arithmetic, functions, percentages (18% of 3897, 3897 + 18%), units (5 ft 11 in to cm), currency (100 USD to INR, rates refreshed once a day), dates, bases.
• Integer answers also show with separators, in hex and in binary.
• Enter copies the answer; Ctrl+Enter copies expression = answer.
• A history of the last 50 calculations; Enter on one puts it back in the box to build on.
• Keyboard first: every action has a key, shown in the footer; the mouse works too.
• Never freezes the panel: slow commands run in the background.

#Install

#Requirements

• Vyom 0.2.5 or newer (Python 3.11+, PyGObject, GTK 4, gtk4-layer-shell, a Nerd Font)
• qalc

#Install

git clone https://github.com/Theyashsawarkar/ganit ~/.local/share/vyom/plugins/ganit
vyom reload           # pick it up (or log out and in)
vyom ganit            # open it; run it again to close

Give it a key in your compositor, e.g. sway:

bindsym $mod+<key> exec vyom ganit

#Update and uninstall

git -C ~/.local/share/vyom/plugins/ganit pull && vyom reload     # update
rm -rf ~/.local/share/vyom/plugins/ganit && vyom reload          # uninstall

#Usage

Open it with vyom ganit (or your key). Type to search; the footer always shows the keys for what's selected.

Every Vyom panel also has Up/Down (or Ctrl+K/Ctrl+J) to move, Page Up/Page Down to jump and Tab to switch to the next tool.

#Troubleshooting

• Nothing opens. vyom list shows every installed tool, and why one is skipped (a missing requirement, or a Vyom that's too old).
• It opened, then something failed. Look for a Traceback in ~/.local/state/vyom/daemon.log, and open an issue with it.
• No blur or rounded corners. That's the compositor: on SwayFX, add layer_effects "vyom" { blur enable; corner_radius 20; shadows enable }.

#The Vyom family

Each tool is its own repository, so you install only the ones you want:

#Contributing

Bug reports, ideas and pull requests are welcome: see CONTRIBUTING.md for the development setup and the few rules every tool follows, and CHANGELOG.md for what changed in each release. Please report security issues privately (SECURITY.md).

#License

MIT.