version: bump to 0.2.1

QtWaylandClient was moved into QtBase in 6.10. The QtWayland packages
is now only the wayland server code which Quickshell does not need.

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -6,17 +6,23 @@ jobs:
     name: Nix
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        qtver: [qt6.9.0, qt6.8.3, qt6.8.2, qt6.8.1, qt6.8.0, qt6.7.3, qt6.7.2, qt6.7.1, qt6.7.0, qt6.6.3, qt6.6.2, qt6.6.1, qt6.6.0]
+        qtver: [qt6.9.2, qt6.9.1, qt6.9.0, qt6.8.3, qt6.8.2, qt6.8.1, qt6.8.0, qt6.7.3, qt6.7.2, qt6.7.1, qt6.7.0, qt6.6.3, qt6.6.2, qt6.6.1, qt6.6.0]
         compiler: [clang, gcc]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       # Use cachix action over detsys for testing with act.
       # - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v27
       - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
+        with:
+          use-flakehub: false
 
       - name: Download Dependencies
-        run: nix-build --no-out-link --expr '((import ./ci/matrix.nix) { qtver = "${{ matrix.qtver }}"; compiler = "${{ matrix.compiler }}"; }).inputDerivation'
+        run: nix-build --no-out-link --expr '((import ./ci/matrix.nix) { qtver = "${{ matrix.qtver }}"; compiler = "${{ matrix.compiler }}"; }).unwrapped.inputDerivation'
 
       - name: Build
         run: nix-build --no-out-link --expr '(import ./ci/matrix.nix) { qtver = "${{ matrix.qtver }}"; compiler = "${{ matrix.compiler }}"; }'

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       # Use cachix action over detsys for testing with act.
       # - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v27
       - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
+        with:
+          use-flakehub: false
       - uses: nicknovitski/nix-develop@v1
 
       - name: Check formatting

BUILD.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ On some distros, private Qt headers are in separate packages which you may have
 We currently require private headers for the following libraries:
 
 - `qt6declarative`
-- `qt6wayland`
+- `qt6wayland` (for Qt versions prior to 6.10)
 
 We recommend an implicit dependency on `qt6svg`. If it is not installed, svg images and
 svg icons will not work, including system ones.
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Currently supported Qt versions: `6.6`, `6.7`.
 To disable: `-DWAYLAND=OFF`
 
 Dependencies:
- - `qt6wayland`
+ - `qt6wayland` (for Qt versions prior to 6.10)
  - `wayland` (libwayland-client)
  - `wayland-scanner` (build time)
  - `wayland-protocols` (static library)

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
-project(quickshell VERSION "0.2.0" LANGUAGES CXX C)
+project(quickshell VERSION "0.2.1" LANGUAGES CXX C)
 
 set(QT_MIN_VERSION "6.6.0")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 endif()
 
 set(QT_FPDEPS Gui Qml Quick QuickControls2 Widgets ShaderTools)
+set(QT_PRIVDEPS QuickPrivate)
 
 include(cmake/pch.cmake)
 
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ endif()
 
 if (WAYLAND)
 	list(APPEND QT_FPDEPS WaylandClient)
+	list(APPEND QT_PRIVDEPS WaylandClientPrivate)
 endif()
 
 if (SERVICE_STATUS_NOTIFIER OR SERVICE_MPRIS OR SERVICE_UPOWER OR SERVICE_NOTIFICATIONS OR BLUETOOTH)
@@ -127,6 +129,13 @@ endif()
 
 find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${QT_FPDEPS})
 
+# In Qt 6.10, private dependencies are required to be explicit,
+# but they could not be explicitly depended on prior to 6.9.
+if (Qt6_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "6.9.0")
+	set(QT_NO_PRIVATE_MODULE_WARNING ON)
+	find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${QT_PRIVDEPS})
+endif()
+
 set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC OFF)
 qt_standard_project_setup(REQUIRES 6.6)
 set(QT_QML_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/qml_modules)

Justfile

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ lint-ci:
 lint-changed:
 	git diff --name-only HEAD | grep "^.*\.cpp\$" |  parallel -j$(nproc) --no-notice --will-cite --tty --bar clang-tidy --load={{ env_var("TIDYFOX") }}
 
+lint-staged:
+	git diff --staged --name-only HEAD | grep "^.*\.cpp\$" |  parallel -j$(nproc) --no-notice --will-cite --tty --bar clang-tidy --load={{ env_var("TIDYFOX") }}
+
 configure target='debug' *FLAGS='':
 	cmake -GNinja -B {{builddir}} \
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={{ if target == "debug" { "Debug" } else { "RelWithDebInfo" } }} \

changelog/v0.2.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+## New Features
+
+- Changes to desktop entries are now tracked in real time.
+
+## Other Changes
+
+- Added support for Qt 6.10
+
+## Bug Fixes
+
+- Fixed volumes getting stuck on change for pipewire devices with few volume steps.
+- Fixed a crash when running out of disk space to write log files.
+- Fixed a rare crash when disconnecting a monitor.
+- Fixed build issues preventing cross compilation from working.
+- Fixed dekstop entries with lower priority than a hidden entry not being hidden.
+- Fixed desktop entry keys with mismatched modifier or country not being discarded.
+- Fixed greetd hanging when authenticating with a fingerprint.

ci/matrix.nix

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   qtver,
   compiler,
 }: let
-  nixpkgs = (import ./nix-checkouts.nix).${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] qtver};
+  checkouts = import ./nix-checkouts.nix;
+  nixpkgs = checkouts.${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] qtver};
   compilerOverride = (nixpkgs.callPackage ./variations.nix {}).${compiler};
-  pkg = (nixpkgs.callPackage ../default.nix {}).override compilerOverride;
+  pkg = (nixpkgs.callPackage ../default.nix {}).override (compilerOverride // {
+    wayland-protocols = checkouts.latest.wayland-protocols;
+  });
 in pkg

ci/nix-checkouts.nix

@@ -7,9 +7,18 @@ let
     url = "https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/archive/${commit}.tar.gz";
     inherit sha256;
   }) {};
-in {
-  # For old qt versions, grab the commit before the version bump that has all the patches
-  # instead of the bumped version.
+in rec {
+  latest = qt6_9_0;
+
+  qt6_9_2 = byCommit {
+    commit = "e9f00bd893984bc8ce46c895c3bf7cac95331127";
+    sha256 = "0s2mhbrgzxlgkg2yxb0q0hpk8lby1a7w67dxvfmaz4gsmc0bnvfj";
+  };
+
+  qt6_9_1 = byCommit {
+    commit = "4c202d26483c5ccf3cb95e0053163facde9f047e";
+    sha256 = "06l2w4bcgfw7dfanpzpjcf25ydf84in240yplqsss82qx405y9di";
+  };
 
   qt6_9_0 = byCommit {
     commit = "546c545bd0594809a28ab7e869b5f80dd7243ef6";

ci/variations.nix

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
   clangStdenv,
   gccStdenv,
 }: {
-  clang = { buildStdenv = clangStdenv; };
-  gcc = { buildStdenv = gccStdenv; };
+  clang = { stdenv = clangStdenv; };
+  gcc = { stdenv = gccStdenv; };
 }

default.nix

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   lib,
   nix-gitignore,
   pkgs,
+  stdenv,
   keepDebugInfo,
-  buildStdenv ? pkgs.clangStdenv,
 
   pkg-config,
   cmake,
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   withHyprland ? true,
   withI3 ? true,
 }: let
-  unwrapped = buildStdenv.mkDerivation {
+  unwrapped = stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pname = "quickshell${lib.optionalString debug "-debug"}";
     version = "0.2.0";
     src = nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource "/default.nix\n" ./.;
@@ -54,11 +54,14 @@
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       cmake
       ninja
-      qt6.qtshadertools
       spirv-tools
       pkg-config
     ]
-    ++ lib.optional withWayland wayland-scanner;
+    ++ lib.optional (withWayland && lib.strings.compareVersions qt6.qtbase.version "6.10.0" == -1) qt6.qtwayland
+    ++ lib.optionals withWayland [
+      qt6.qtwayland # qtwaylandscanner required at build time
+      wayland-scanner
+    ];
 
     buildInputs = [
       qt6.qtbase
@@ -68,7 +71,8 @@
     ++ lib.optional withQtSvg qt6.qtsvg
     ++ lib.optional withCrashReporter breakpad
     ++ lib.optional withJemalloc jemalloc
-    ++ lib.optionals withWayland [ qt6.qtwayland wayland wayland-protocols ]
+    ++ lib.optional (withWayland && lib.strings.compareVersions qt6.qtbase.version "6.10.0" == -1) qt6.qtwayland
+    ++ lib.optionals withWayland [ wayland wayland-protocols ]
     ++ lib.optionals (withWayland && libgbm != null) [ libdrm libgbm ]
     ++ lib.optional withX11 xorg.libxcb
     ++ lib.optional withPam pam

flake.lock

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   "nodes": {
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1749285348,
-        "narHash": "sha256-frdhQvPbmDYaScPFiCnfdh3B/Vh81Uuoo0w5TkWmmjU=",
+        "lastModified": 1758690382,
+        "narHash": "sha256-NY3kSorgqE5LMm1LqNwGne3ZLMF2/ILgLpFr1fS4X3o=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "3e3afe5174c561dee0df6f2c2b2236990146329f",
+        "rev": "e643668fd71b949c53f8626614b21ff71a07379d",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {

flake.nix

@@ -4,23 +4,28 @@
   };
 
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs }: let
+    overlayPkgs = p: p.appendOverlays [ self.overlays.default ];
+
     forEachSystem = fn:
       nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs
         nixpkgs.lib.platforms.linux
-        (system: fn system nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
+        (system: fn system (overlayPkgs nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}));
   in {
-    packages = forEachSystem (system: pkgs: rec {
-      quickshell = pkgs.callPackage ./default.nix {
-        gitRev = self.rev or self.dirtyRev;
+    overlays.default = import ./overlay.nix {
+      rev = self.rev or self.dirtyRev;
     };
 
+    packages = forEachSystem (system: pkgs: rec {
+      quickshell = pkgs.quickshell;
       default = quickshell;
     });
 
     devShells = forEachSystem (system: pkgs: rec {
       default = import ./shell.nix {
         inherit pkgs;
-        inherit (self.packages.${system}) quickshell;
+        quickshell = self.packages.${system}.quickshell.override {
+          stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv;
+        };
       };
     });
   };

overlay.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{ rev ? null }: (final: prev: {
+  quickshell = final.callPackage ./default.nix {
+    gitRev = rev;
+  };
+})

shell.nix

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 {
   pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {},
-  quickshell ? pkgs.callPackage ./default.nix {},
+  stdenv ? pkgs.clangStdenv, # faster compiles than gcc
+  quickshell ? pkgs.callPackage ./default.nix { inherit stdenv; },
   ...
 }: let
   tidyfox = import (pkgs.fetchFromGitea {
     domain = "git.outfoxxed.me";
     owner = "outfoxxed";
     repo = "tidyfox";
-    rev = "1f062cc198d1112d13e5128fa1f2ee3dbffe613b";
-    sha256 = "kbt0Zc1qHE5fhqBkKz8iue+B+ZANjF1AR/RdgmX1r0I=";
+    rev = "9d85d7e7dea2602aa74ec3168955fee69967e92f";
+    hash = "sha256-77ERiweF6lumonp2c/124rAoVG6/o9J+Aajhttwtu0w=";
   }) { inherit pkgs; };
 in pkgs.mkShell.override { stdenv = quickshell.stdenv; } {
   inputsFrom = [ quickshell ];

src/core/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ qt_add_library(quickshell-core STATIC
 	model.cpp
 	elapsedtimer.cpp
 	desktopentry.cpp
+	desktopentrymonitor.cpp
 	objectrepeater.cpp
 	platformmenu.cpp
 	qsmenu.cpp

src/core/colorquantizer.cpp

@@ -28,26 +28,28 @@ ColorQuantizerOperation::ColorQuantizerOperation(QUrl* source, qreal depth, qrea
     : source(source)
     , maxDepth(depth)
     , rescaleSize(rescaleSize) {
-	setAutoDelete(false);
+	this->setAutoDelete(false);
 }
 
 void ColorQuantizerOperation::quantizeImage(const QAtomicInteger<bool>& shouldCancel) {
-	if (shouldCancel.loadAcquire() || source->isEmpty()) return;
+	if (shouldCancel.loadAcquire() || this->source->isEmpty()) return;
 
-	colors.clear();
+	this->colors.clear();
 
-	auto image = QImage(source->toLocalFile());
-	if ((image.width() > rescaleSize || image.height() > rescaleSize) && rescaleSize > 0) {
+	auto image = QImage(this->source->toLocalFile());
+	if ((image.width() > this->rescaleSize || image.height() > this->rescaleSize)
+	    && this->rescaleSize > 0)
+	{
 		image = image.scaled(
-		    static_cast<int>(rescaleSize),
-		    static_cast<int>(rescaleSize),
+		    static_cast<int>(this->rescaleSize),
+		    static_cast<int>(this->rescaleSize),
 		    Qt::KeepAspectRatio,
 		    Qt::SmoothTransformation
 		);
 	}
 
 	if (image.isNull()) {
-		qCWarning(logColorQuantizer) << "Failed to load image from" << source->toString();
+		qCWarning(logColorQuantizer) << "Failed to load image from" << this->source->toString();
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ void ColorQuantizerOperation::quantizeImage(const QAtomicInteger<bool>& shouldCa
 
 	auto startTime = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
 
-	colors = quantization(pixels, 0);
+	this->colors = this->quantization(pixels, 0);
 
 	auto endTime = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
 	auto milliseconds = startTime.msecsTo(endTime);
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ QList<QColor> ColorQuantizerOperation::quantization(
 ) {
 	if (shouldCancel.loadAcquire()) return QList<QColor>();
 
-	if (depth >= maxDepth || rgbValues.isEmpty()) {
+	if (depth >= this->maxDepth || rgbValues.isEmpty()) {
 		if (rgbValues.isEmpty()) return QList<QColor>();
 
 		auto totalR = 0;
@@ -114,8 +116,8 @@ QList<QColor> ColorQuantizerOperation::quantization(
 	auto rightHalf = rgbValues.mid(mid);
 
 	QList<QColor> result;
-	result.append(quantization(leftHalf, depth + 1));
-	result.append(quantization(rightHalf, depth + 1));
+	result.append(this->quantization(leftHalf, depth + 1));
+	result.append(this->quantization(rightHalf, depth + 1));
 
 	return result;
 }
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ void ColorQuantizerOperation::finishRun() {
 }
 
 void ColorQuantizerOperation::finished() {
-	emit this->done(colors);
+	emit this->done(this->colors);
 	delete this;
 }
 
@@ -178,39 +180,39 @@ void ColorQuantizerOperation::run() {
 void ColorQuantizerOperation::tryCancel() { this->shouldCancel.storeRelease(true); }
 
 void ColorQuantizer::componentComplete() {
-	componentCompleted = true;
-	if (!mSource.isEmpty()) quantizeAsync();
+	this->componentCompleted = true;
+	if (!this->mSource.isEmpty()) this->quantizeAsync();
 }
 
 void ColorQuantizer::setSource(const QUrl& source) {
-	if (mSource != source) {
-		mSource = source;
+	if (this->mSource != source) {
+		this->mSource = source;
 		emit this->sourceChanged();
 
-		if (this->componentCompleted && !mSource.isEmpty()) quantizeAsync();
+		if (this->componentCompleted && !this->mSource.isEmpty()) this->quantizeAsync();
 	}
 }
 
 void ColorQuantizer::setDepth(qreal depth) {
-	if (mDepth != depth) {
-		mDepth = depth;
+	if (this->mDepth != depth) {
+		this->mDepth = depth;
 		emit this->depthChanged();
 
-		if (this->componentCompleted) quantizeAsync();
+		if (this->componentCompleted) this->quantizeAsync();
 	}
 }
 
 void ColorQuantizer::setRescaleSize(int rescaleSize) {
-	if (mRescaleSize != rescaleSize) {
-		mRescaleSize = rescaleSize;
+	if (this->mRescaleSize != rescaleSize) {
+		this->mRescaleSize = rescaleSize;
 		emit this->rescaleSizeChanged();
 
-		if (this->componentCompleted) quantizeAsync();
+		if (this->componentCompleted) this->quantizeAsync();
 	}
 }
 
 void ColorQuantizer::operationFinished(const QList<QColor>& result) {
-	bColors = result;
+	this->bColors = result;
 	this->liveOperation = nullptr;
 	emit this->colorsChanged();
 }
@@ -219,7 +221,8 @@ void ColorQuantizer::quantizeAsync() {
 	if (this->liveOperation) this->cancelAsync();
 
 	qCDebug(logColorQuantizer) << "Starting color quantization asynchronously";
-	this->liveOperation = new ColorQuantizerOperation(&mSource, mDepth, mRescaleSize);
+	this->liveOperation =
+	    new ColorQuantizerOperation(&this->mSource, this->mDepth, this->mRescaleSize);
 
 	QObject::connect(
 	    this->liveOperation,

src/core/colorquantizer.hpp

@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ public:
 
 	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QList<QColor>> bindableColors() { return &this->bColors; }
 
-	[[nodiscard]] QUrl source() const { return mSource; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QUrl source() const { return this->mSource; }
 	void setSource(const QUrl& source);
 
-	[[nodiscard]] qreal depth() const { return mDepth; }
+	[[nodiscard]] qreal depth() const { return this->mDepth; }
 	void setDepth(qreal depth);
 
-	[[nodiscard]] qreal rescaleSize() const { return mRescaleSize; }
+	[[nodiscard]] qreal rescaleSize() const { return this->mRescaleSize; }
 	void setRescaleSize(int rescaleSize);
 
 signals:

src/core/desktopentry.cpp

@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
 #include "desktopentry.hpp"
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <utility>
 
 #include <qcontainerfwd.h>
 #include <qdebug.h>
 #include <qdir.h>
+#include <qfile.h>
 #include <qfileinfo.h>
-#include <qhash.h>
-#include <qlist.h>
 #include <qlogging.h>
 #include <qloggingcategory.h>
 #include <qnamespace.h>
 #include <qobject.h>
+#include <qobjectdefs.h>
 #include <qpair.h>
-#include <qstringview.h>
+#include <qproperty.h>
+#include <qscopeguard.h>
 #include <qtenvironmentvariables.h>
+#include <qthreadpool.h>
+#include <qtmetamacros.h>
 #include <ranges>
 
 #include "../io/processcore.hpp"
+#include "desktopentrymonitor.hpp"
 #include "logcat.hpp"
 #include "model.hpp"
 #include "qmlglobal.hpp"
@@ -56,12 +61,14 @@ struct Locale {
 
 	[[nodiscard]] int matchScore(const Locale& other) const {
 		if (this->language != other.language) return 0;
-		auto territoryMatches = !this->territory.isEmpty() && this->territory == other.territory;
-		auto modifierMatches = !this->modifier.isEmpty() && this->modifier == other.modifier;
+
+		if (!other.modifier.isEmpty() && this->modifier != other.modifier) return 0;
+		if (!other.territory.isEmpty() && this->territory != other.territory) return 0;
 
 		auto score = 1;
-		if (territoryMatches) score += 2;
-		if (modifierMatches) score += 1;
+
+		if (!other.territory.isEmpty()) score += 2;
+		if (!other.modifier.isEmpty()) score += 1;
 
 		return score;
 	}
@@ -87,57 +94,60 @@ struct Locale {
 QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const Locale& locale) {
 	auto saver = QDebugStateSaver(debug);
 	debug.nospace() << "Locale(language=" << locale.language << ", territory=" << locale.territory
-	                << ", modifier" << locale.modifier << ')';
+	                << ", modifier=" << locale.modifier << ')';
 
 	return debug;
 }
 
-void DesktopEntry::parseEntry(const QString& text) {
+ParsedDesktopEntryData DesktopEntry::parseText(const QString& id, const QString& text) {
+	ParsedDesktopEntryData data;
+	data.id = id;
 	const auto& system = Locale::system();
 
 	auto groupName = QString();
 	auto entries = QHash<QString, QPair<Locale, QString>>();
 
-	auto finishCategory = [this, &groupName, &entries]() {
+	auto finishCategory = [&data, &groupName, &entries]() {
 		if (groupName == "Desktop Entry") {
-			if (entries["Type"].second != "Application") return;
-			if (entries.contains("Hidden") && entries["Hidden"].second == "true") return;
+			if (entries.value("Type").second != "Application") return;
 
 			for (const auto& [key, pair]: entries.asKeyValueRange()) {
 				auto& [_, value] = pair;
-				this->mEntries.insert(key, value);
+				data.entries.insert(key, value);
 
-				if (key == "Name") this->mName = value;
-				else if (key == "GenericName") this->mGenericName = value;
-				else if (key == "StartupWMClass") this->mStartupClass = value;
-				else if (key == "NoDisplay") this->mNoDisplay = value == "true";
-				else if (key == "Comment") this->mComment = value;
-				else if (key == "Icon") this->mIcon = value;
+				if (key == "Name") data.name = value;
+				else if (key == "GenericName") data.genericName = value;
+				else if (key == "StartupWMClass") data.startupClass = value;
+				else if (key == "NoDisplay") data.noDisplay = value == "true";
+				else if (key == "Hidden") data.hidden = value == "true";
+				else if (key == "Comment") data.comment = value;
+				else if (key == "Icon") data.icon = value;
 				else if (key == "Exec") {
-					this->mExecString = value;
-					this->mCommand = DesktopEntry::parseExecString(value);
-				} else if (key == "Path") this->mWorkingDirectory = value;
-				else if (key == "Terminal") this->mTerminal = value == "true";
-				else if (key == "Categories") this->mCategories = value.split(u';', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
-				else if (key == "Keywords") this->mKeywords = value.split(u';', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+					data.execString = value;
+					data.command = DesktopEntry::parseExecString(value);
+				} else if (key == "Path") data.workingDirectory = value;
+				else if (key == "Terminal") data.terminal = value == "true";
+				else if (key == "Categories") data.categories = value.split(u';', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+				else if (key == "Keywords") data.keywords = value.split(u';', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
 			}
 		} else if (groupName.startsWith("Desktop Action ")) {
 			auto actionName = groupName.sliced(16);
-			auto* action = new DesktopAction(actionName, this);
+			DesktopActionData action;
+			action.id = actionName;
 
 			for (const auto& [key, pair]: entries.asKeyValueRange()) {
 				const auto& [_, value] = pair;
-				action->mEntries.insert(key, value);
+				action.entries.insert(key, value);
 
-				if (key == "Name") action->mName = value;
-				else if (key == "Icon") action->mIcon = value;
+				if (key == "Name") action.name = value;
+				else if (key == "Icon") action.icon = value;
 				else if (key == "Exec") {
-					action->mExecString = value;
-					action->mCommand = DesktopEntry::parseExecString(value);
+					action.execString = value;
+					action.command = DesktopEntry::parseExecString(value);
 				}
 			}
 
-			this->mActions.insert(actionName, action);
+			data.actions.insert(actionName, action);
 		}
 
 		entries.clear();
@@ -183,14 +193,62 @@ void DesktopEntry::parseEntry(const QString& text) {
 	}
 
 	finishCategory();
+	return data;
+}
+
+void DesktopEntry::updateState(const ParsedDesktopEntryData& newState) {
+	Qt::beginPropertyUpdateGroup();
+	this->bName = newState.name;
+	this->bGenericName = newState.genericName;
+	this->bStartupClass = newState.startupClass;
+	this->bNoDisplay = newState.noDisplay;
+	this->bComment = newState.comment;
+	this->bIcon = newState.icon;
+	this->bExecString = newState.execString;
+	this->bCommand = newState.command;
+	this->bWorkingDirectory = newState.workingDirectory;
+	this->bRunInTerminal = newState.terminal;
+	this->bCategories = newState.categories;
+	this->bKeywords = newState.keywords;
+	Qt::endPropertyUpdateGroup();
+
+	this->state = newState;
+	this->updateActions(newState.actions);
+}
+
+void DesktopEntry::updateActions(const QHash<QString, DesktopActionData>& newActions) {
+	auto old = this->mActions;
+
+	for (const auto& [key, d]: newActions.asKeyValueRange()) {
+		DesktopAction* act = nullptr;
+		if (auto found = old.find(key); found != old.end()) {
+			act = found.value();
+			old.erase(found);
+		} else {
+			act = new DesktopAction(d.id, this);
+			this->mActions.insert(key, act);
+		}
+
+		Qt::beginPropertyUpdateGroup();
+		act->bName = d.name;
+		act->bIcon = d.icon;
+		act->bExecString = d.execString;
+		act->bCommand = d.command;
+		Qt::endPropertyUpdateGroup();
+
+		act->mEntries = d.entries;
+	}
+
+	for (auto* leftover: old) {
+		leftover->deleteLater();
+	}
 }
 
 void DesktopEntry::execute() const {
-	DesktopEntry::doExec(this->mCommand, this->mWorkingDirectory);
+	DesktopEntry::doExec(this->bCommand.value(), this->bWorkingDirectory.value());
 }
 
-bool DesktopEntry::isValid() const { return !this->mName.isEmpty(); }
-bool DesktopEntry::noDisplay() const { return this->mNoDisplay; }
+bool DesktopEntry::isValid() const { return !this->bName.value().isEmpty(); }
 
 QVector<DesktopAction*> DesktopEntry::actions() const { return this->mActions.values(); }
 
@@ -266,59 +324,44 @@ void DesktopEntry::doExec(const QList<QString>& execString, const QString& worki
 }
 
 void DesktopAction::execute() const {
-	DesktopEntry::doExec(this->mCommand, this->entry->mWorkingDirectory);
+	DesktopEntry::doExec(this->bCommand.value(), this->entry->bWorkingDirectory.value());
 }
 
-DesktopEntryManager::DesktopEntryManager() {
-	this->scanDesktopEntries();
-	this->populateApplications();
+DesktopEntryScanner::DesktopEntryScanner(DesktopEntryManager* manager): manager(manager) {
+	this->setAutoDelete(true);
 }
 
-void DesktopEntryManager::scanDesktopEntries() {
-	QList<QString> dataPaths;
+void DesktopEntryScanner::run() {
+	const auto& desktopPaths = DesktopEntryManager::desktopPaths();
+	auto scanResults = QList<ParsedDesktopEntryData>();
 
-	if (qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("XDG_DATA_HOME")) {
-		dataPaths.push_back(qEnvironmentVariable("XDG_DATA_HOME"));
-	} else if (qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("HOME")) {
-		dataPaths.push_back(qEnvironmentVariable("HOME") + "/.local/share");
+	for (const auto& path: desktopPaths | std::views::reverse) {
+		auto file = QFileInfo(path);
+		if (!file.isDir()) continue;
+
+		this->scanDirectory(QDir(path), QString(), scanResults);
 	}
 
-	if (qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("XDG_DATA_DIRS")) {
-		auto var = qEnvironmentVariable("XDG_DATA_DIRS");
-		dataPaths += var.split(u':', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
-	} else {
-		dataPaths.push_back("/usr/local/share");
-		dataPaths.push_back("/usr/share");
+	QMetaObject::invokeMethod(
+	    this->manager,
+	    "onScanCompleted",
+	    Qt::QueuedConnection,
+	    Q_ARG(QList<ParsedDesktopEntryData>, scanResults)
+	);
 }
 
-	qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Creating desktop entry scanners";
+void DesktopEntryScanner::scanDirectory(
+    const QDir& dir,
+    const QString& idPrefix,
+    QList<ParsedDesktopEntryData>& entries
+) {
+	auto dirEntries = dir.entryInfoList(QDir::Dirs | QDir::Files | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
 
-	for (auto& path: std::ranges::reverse_view(dataPaths)) {
-		auto p = QDir(path).filePath("applications");
-		auto file = QFileInfo(p);
-
-		if (!file.isDir()) {
-			qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Not scanning path" << p << "as it is not a directory";
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Scanning path" << p;
-		this->scanPath(p);
-	}
-}
-
-void DesktopEntryManager::populateApplications() {
-	for (auto& entry: this->desktopEntries.values()) {
-		if (!entry->noDisplay()) this->mApplications.insertObject(entry);
-	}
-}
-
-void DesktopEntryManager::scanPath(const QDir& dir, const QString& prefix) {
-	auto entries = dir.entryInfoList(QDir::Dirs | QDir::Files | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
-
-	for (auto& entry: entries) {
-		if (entry.isDir()) this->scanPath(entry.absoluteFilePath(), prefix + dir.dirName() + "-");
-		else if (entry.isFile()) {
+	for (auto& entry: dirEntries) {
+		if (entry.isDir()) {
+			auto subdirPrefix = idPrefix.isEmpty() ? entry.fileName() : idPrefix + '-' + entry.fileName();
+			this->scanDirectory(QDir(entry.absoluteFilePath()), subdirPrefix, entries);
+		} else if (entry.isFile()) {
 			auto path = entry.filePath();
 			if (!path.endsWith(".desktop")) {
 				qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Skipping file" << path << "as it has no .desktop extension";
@@ -331,46 +374,42 @@ void DesktopEntryManager::scanPath(const QDir& dir, const QString& prefix) {
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			auto id = prefix + entry.fileName().sliced(0, entry.fileName().length() - 8);
-			auto lowerId = id.toLower();
+			auto basename = QFileInfo(entry.fileName()).completeBaseName();
+			auto id = idPrefix.isEmpty() ? basename : idPrefix + '-' + basename;
+			auto content = QString::fromUtf8(file.readAll());
 
-			auto text = QString::fromUtf8(file.readAll());
-			auto* dentry = new DesktopEntry(id, this);
-			dentry->parseEntry(text);
-
-			if (!dentry->isValid()) {
-				qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Skipping desktop entry" << path;
-				delete dentry;
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Found desktop entry" << id << "at" << path;
-
-			auto conflictingId = this->desktopEntries.contains(id);
-
-			if (conflictingId) {
-				qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Replacing old entry for" << id;
-				delete this->desktopEntries.value(id);
-				this->desktopEntries.remove(id);
-				this->lowercaseDesktopEntries.remove(lowerId);
-			}
-
-			this->desktopEntries.insert(id, dentry);
-
-			if (this->lowercaseDesktopEntries.contains(lowerId)) {
-				qCInfo(logDesktopEntry).nospace()
-				    << "Multiple desktop entries have the same lowercased id " << lowerId
-				    << ". This can cause ambiguity when byId requests are not made with the correct case "
-				       "already.";
-
-				this->lowercaseDesktopEntries.remove(lowerId);
-			}
-
-			this->lowercaseDesktopEntries.insert(lowerId, dentry);
+			auto data = DesktopEntry::parseText(id, content);
+			entries.append(std::move(data));
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+DesktopEntryManager::DesktopEntryManager(): monitor(new DesktopEntryMonitor(this)) {
+	QObject::connect(
+	    this->monitor,
+	    &DesktopEntryMonitor::desktopEntriesChanged,
+	    this,
+	    &DesktopEntryManager::handleFileChanges
+	);
+
+	DesktopEntryScanner(this).run();
+}
+
+void DesktopEntryManager::scanDesktopEntries() {
+	qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Starting desktop entry scan";
+
+	if (this->scanInProgress) {
+		qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Scan already in progress, queuing another scan";
+		this->scanQueued = true;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	this->scanInProgress = true;
+	this->scanQueued = false;
+	auto* scanner = new DesktopEntryScanner(this);
+	QThreadPool::globalInstance()->start(scanner);
+}
+
 DesktopEntryManager* DesktopEntryManager::instance() {
 	static auto* instance = new DesktopEntryManager(); // NOLINT
 	return instance;
@@ -391,14 +430,14 @@ DesktopEntry* DesktopEntryManager::heuristicLookup(const QString& name) {
 
 	auto list = this->desktopEntries.values();
 
-	auto iter = std::ranges::find_if(list, [&](const DesktopEntry* entry) {
-		return name == entry->mStartupClass;
+	auto iter = std::ranges::find_if(list, [&](DesktopEntry* entry) {
+		return name == entry->bStartupClass.value();
 	});
 
 	if (iter != list.end()) return *iter;
 
-	iter = std::ranges::find_if(list, [&](const DesktopEntry* entry) {
-		return name.toLower() == entry->mStartupClass.toLower();
+	iter = std::ranges::find_if(list, [&](DesktopEntry* entry) {
+		return name.toLower() == entry->bStartupClass.value().toLower();
 	});
 
 	if (iter != list.end()) return *iter;
@@ -407,7 +446,137 @@ DesktopEntry* DesktopEntryManager::heuristicLookup(const QString& name) {
 
 ObjectModel<DesktopEntry>* DesktopEntryManager::applications() { return &this->mApplications; }
 
-DesktopEntries::DesktopEntries() { DesktopEntryManager::instance(); }
+void DesktopEntryManager::handleFileChanges() {
+	qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Directory change detected, performing full rescan";
+
+	if (this->scanInProgress) {
+		qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Scan already in progress, queuing another scan";
+		this->scanQueued = true;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	this->scanInProgress = true;
+	this->scanQueued = false;
+	auto* scanner = new DesktopEntryScanner(this);
+	QThreadPool::globalInstance()->start(scanner);
+}
+
+const QStringList& DesktopEntryManager::desktopPaths() {
+	static const auto paths = []() {
+		auto dataPaths = QStringList();
+
+		auto dataHome = qEnvironmentVariable("XDG_DATA_HOME");
+		if (dataHome.isEmpty() && qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("HOME"))
+			dataHome = qEnvironmentVariable("HOME") + "/.local/share";
+		if (!dataHome.isEmpty()) dataPaths.append(dataHome + "/applications");
+
+		auto dataDirs = qEnvironmentVariable("XDG_DATA_DIRS");
+		if (dataDirs.isEmpty()) dataDirs = "/usr/local/share:/usr/share";
+
+		for (const auto& dir: dataDirs.split(':', Qt::SkipEmptyParts)) {
+			dataPaths.append(dir + "/applications");
+		}
+
+		return dataPaths;
+	}();
+
+	return paths;
+}
+
+void DesktopEntryManager::onScanCompleted(const QList<ParsedDesktopEntryData>& scanResults) {
+	auto guard = qScopeGuard([this] {
+		this->scanInProgress = false;
+		if (this->scanQueued) {
+			this->scanQueued = false;
+			this->scanDesktopEntries();
+		}
+	});
+
+	auto oldEntries = this->desktopEntries;
+	auto newEntries = QHash<QString, DesktopEntry*>();
+	auto newLowercaseEntries = QHash<QString, DesktopEntry*>();
+
+	for (const auto& data: scanResults) {
+		auto lowerId = data.id.toLower();
+
+		if (data.hidden) {
+			if (auto* victim = newEntries.take(data.id)) victim->deleteLater();
+			newLowercaseEntries.remove(lowerId);
+
+			if (auto it = oldEntries.find(data.id); it != oldEntries.end()) {
+				it.value()->deleteLater();
+				oldEntries.erase(it);
+			}
+
+			qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Masking hidden desktop entry" << data.id;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		DesktopEntry* dentry = nullptr;
+
+		if (auto it = oldEntries.find(data.id); it != oldEntries.end()) {
+			dentry = it.value();
+			oldEntries.erase(it);
+			dentry->updateState(data);
+		} else {
+			dentry = new DesktopEntry(data.id, this);
+			dentry->updateState(data);
+		}
+
+		if (!dentry->isValid()) {
+			qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Skipping desktop entry" << data.id;
+			if (!oldEntries.contains(data.id)) {
+				dentry->deleteLater();
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Found desktop entry" << data.id;
+
+		auto conflictingId = newEntries.contains(data.id);
+
+		if (conflictingId) {
+			qCDebug(logDesktopEntry) << "Replacing old entry for" << data.id;
+			if (auto* victim = newEntries.take(data.id)) victim->deleteLater();
+			newLowercaseEntries.remove(lowerId);
+		}
+
+		newEntries.insert(data.id, dentry);
+
+		if (newLowercaseEntries.contains(lowerId)) {
+			qCInfo(logDesktopEntry).nospace()
+			    << "Multiple desktop entries have the same lowercased id " << lowerId
+			    << ". This can cause ambiguity when byId requests are not made with the correct case "
+			       "already.";
+
+			newLowercaseEntries.remove(lowerId);
+		}
+
+		newLowercaseEntries.insert(lowerId, dentry);
+	}
+
+	this->desktopEntries = newEntries;
+	this->lowercaseDesktopEntries = newLowercaseEntries;
+
+	auto newApplications = QVector<DesktopEntry*>();
+	for (auto* entry: this->desktopEntries.values())
+		if (!entry->bNoDisplay) newApplications.append(entry);
+
+	this->mApplications.diffUpdate(newApplications);
+
+	emit this->applicationsChanged();
+
+	for (auto* e: oldEntries) e->deleteLater();
+}
+
+DesktopEntries::DesktopEntries() {
+	QObject::connect(
+	    DesktopEntryManager::instance(),
+	    &DesktopEntryManager::applicationsChanged,
+	    this,
+	    &DesktopEntries::applicationsChanged
+	);
+}
 
 DesktopEntry* DesktopEntries::byId(const QString& id) {
 	return DesktopEntryManager::instance()->byId(id);

src/core/desktopentry.hpp

@@ -6,35 +6,68 @@
 #include <qdir.h>
 #include <qhash.h>
 #include <qobject.h>
+#include <qproperty.h>
 #include <qqmlintegration.h>
+#include <qrunnable.h>
 #include <qtmetamacros.h>
 
+#include "desktopentrymonitor.hpp"
 #include "doc.hpp"
 #include "model.hpp"
 
 class DesktopAction;
+class DesktopEntryMonitor;
+
+struct DesktopActionData {
+	QString id;
+	QString name;
+	QString icon;
+	QString execString;
+	QVector<QString> command;
+	QHash<QString, QString> entries;
+};
+
+struct ParsedDesktopEntryData {
+	QString id;
+	QString name;
+	QString genericName;
+	QString startupClass;
+	bool noDisplay = false;
+	bool hidden = false;
+	QString comment;
+	QString icon;
+	QString execString;
+	QVector<QString> command;
+	QString workingDirectory;
+	bool terminal = false;
+	QVector<QString> categories;
+	QVector<QString> keywords;
+	QHash<QString, QString> entries;
+	QHash<QString, DesktopActionData> actions;
+};
 
 /// A desktop entry. See @@DesktopEntries for details.
 class DesktopEntry: public QObject {
 	Q_OBJECT;
 	Q_PROPERTY(QString id MEMBER mId CONSTANT);
 	/// Name of the specific application, such as "Firefox".
-	Q_PROPERTY(QString name MEMBER mName CONSTANT);
+	// clang-format off
+	Q_PROPERTY(QString name READ default WRITE default NOTIFY nameChanged BINDABLE bindableName);
 	/// Short description of the application, such as "Web Browser". May be empty.
-	Q_PROPERTY(QString genericName MEMBER mGenericName CONSTANT);
+	Q_PROPERTY(QString genericName READ default WRITE default NOTIFY genericNameChanged BINDABLE bindableGenericName);
 	/// Initial class or app id the app intends to use. May be useful for matching running apps
 	/// to desktop entries.
-	Q_PROPERTY(QString startupClass MEMBER mStartupClass CONSTANT);
+	Q_PROPERTY(QString startupClass READ default WRITE default NOTIFY startupClassChanged BINDABLE bindableStartupClass);
 	/// If true, this application should not be displayed in menus and launchers.
-	Q_PROPERTY(bool noDisplay MEMBER mNoDisplay CONSTANT);
+	Q_PROPERTY(bool noDisplay READ default WRITE default NOTIFY noDisplayChanged BINDABLE bindableNoDisplay);
 	/// Long description of the application, such as "View websites on the internet". May be empty.
-	Q_PROPERTY(QString comment MEMBER mComment CONSTANT);
+	Q_PROPERTY(QString comment READ default WRITE default NOTIFY commentChanged BINDABLE bindableComment);
 	/// Name of the icon associated with this application. May be empty.
-	Q_PROPERTY(QString icon MEMBER mIcon CONSTANT);
+	Q_PROPERTY(QString icon READ default WRITE default NOTIFY iconChanged BINDABLE bindableIcon);
 	/// The raw `Exec` string from the desktop entry.
 	///
 	/// > [!WARNING] This cannot be reliably run as a command. See @@command for one you can run.
-	Q_PROPERTY(QString execString MEMBER mExecString CONSTANT);
+	Q_PROPERTY(QString execString READ default WRITE default NOTIFY execStringChanged BINDABLE bindableExecString);
 	/// The parsed `Exec` command in the desktop entry.
 	///
 	/// The entry can be run with @@execute(), or by using this command in
@@ -43,13 +76,14 @@ class DesktopEntry: public QObject {
 	/// the invoked process. See @@execute() for details.
 	///
 	/// > [!NOTE]	The provided command does not invoke a terminal even if @@runInTerminal is true.
-	Q_PROPERTY(QVector<QString> command MEMBER mCommand CONSTANT);
+	Q_PROPERTY(QVector<QString> command READ default WRITE default NOTIFY commandChanged BINDABLE bindableCommand);
 	/// The working directory to execute from.
-	Q_PROPERTY(QString workingDirectory MEMBER mWorkingDirectory CONSTANT);
+	Q_PROPERTY(QString workingDirectory READ default WRITE default NOTIFY workingDirectoryChanged BINDABLE bindableWorkingDirectory);
 	/// If the application should run in a terminal.
-	Q_PROPERTY(bool runInTerminal MEMBER mTerminal CONSTANT);
-	Q_PROPERTY(QVector<QString> categories MEMBER mCategories CONSTANT);
-	Q_PROPERTY(QVector<QString> keywords MEMBER mKeywords CONSTANT);
+	Q_PROPERTY(bool runInTerminal READ default WRITE default NOTIFY runInTerminalChanged BINDABLE bindableRunInTerminal);
+	Q_PROPERTY(QVector<QString> categories READ default WRITE default NOTIFY categoriesChanged BINDABLE bindableCategories);
+	Q_PROPERTY(QVector<QString> keywords READ default WRITE default NOTIFY keywordsChanged BINDABLE bindableKeywords);
+	// clang-format on
 	Q_PROPERTY(QVector<DesktopAction*> actions READ actions CONSTANT);
 	QML_ELEMENT;
 	QML_UNCREATABLE("DesktopEntry instances must be retrieved from DesktopEntries");
@@ -57,7 +91,8 @@ class DesktopEntry: public QObject {
 public:
 	explicit DesktopEntry(QString id, QObject* parent): QObject(parent), mId(std::move(id)) {}
 
-	void parseEntry(const QString& text);
+	static ParsedDesktopEntryData parseText(const QString& id, const QString& text);
+	void updateState(const ParsedDesktopEntryData& newState);
 
 	/// Run the application. Currently ignores @@runInTerminal and field codes.
 	///
@@ -73,30 +108,65 @@ public:
 	Q_INVOKABLE void execute() const;
 
 	[[nodiscard]] bool isValid() const;
-	[[nodiscard]] bool noDisplay() const;
 	[[nodiscard]] QVector<DesktopAction*> actions() const;
 
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QString> bindableName() const { return &this->bName; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QString> bindableGenericName() const { return &this->bGenericName; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QString> bindableStartupClass() const { return &this->bStartupClass; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<bool> bindableNoDisplay() const { return &this->bNoDisplay; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QString> bindableComment() const { return &this->bComment; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QString> bindableIcon() const { return &this->bIcon; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QString> bindableExecString() const { return &this->bExecString; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QVector<QString>> bindableCommand() const { return &this->bCommand; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QString> bindableWorkingDirectory() const {
+		return &this->bWorkingDirectory;
+	}
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<bool> bindableRunInTerminal() const { return &this->bRunInTerminal; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QVector<QString>> bindableCategories() const {
+		return &this->bCategories;
+	}
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QVector<QString>> bindableKeywords() const { return &this->bKeywords; }
+
 	// currently ignores all field codes.
 	static QVector<QString> parseExecString(const QString& execString);
 	static void doExec(const QList<QString>& execString, const QString& workingDirectory);
 
+signals:
+	void nameChanged();
+	void genericNameChanged();
+	void startupClassChanged();
+	void noDisplayChanged();
+	void commentChanged();
+	void iconChanged();
+	void execStringChanged();
+	void commandChanged();
+	void workingDirectoryChanged();
+	void runInTerminalChanged();
+	void categoriesChanged();
+	void keywordsChanged();
+
 public:
 	QString mId;
-	QString mName;
-	QString mGenericName;
-	QString mStartupClass;
-	bool mNoDisplay = false;
-	QString mComment;
-	QString mIcon;
-	QString mExecString;
-	QVector<QString> mCommand;
-	QString mWorkingDirectory;
-	bool mTerminal = false;
-	QVector<QString> mCategories;
-	QVector<QString> mKeywords;
+
+	// clang-format off
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopEntry, QString, bName, &DesktopEntry::nameChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopEntry, QString, bGenericName, &DesktopEntry::genericNameChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopEntry, QString, bStartupClass, &DesktopEntry::startupClassChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopEntry, bool, bNoDisplay, &DesktopEntry::noDisplayChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopEntry, QString, bComment, &DesktopEntry::commentChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopEntry, QString, bIcon, &DesktopEntry::iconChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopEntry, QString, bExecString, &DesktopEntry::execStringChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopEntry, QVector<QString>, bCommand, &DesktopEntry::commandChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopEntry, QString, bWorkingDirectory, &DesktopEntry::workingDirectoryChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopEntry, bool, bRunInTerminal, &DesktopEntry::runInTerminalChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopEntry, QVector<QString>, bCategories, &DesktopEntry::categoriesChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopEntry, QVector<QString>, bKeywords, &DesktopEntry::keywordsChanged);
+	// clang-format on
 
 private:
-	QHash<QString, QString> mEntries;
+	void updateActions(const QHash<QString, DesktopActionData>& newActions);
+
+	ParsedDesktopEntryData state;
 	QHash<QString, DesktopAction*> mActions;
 
 	friend class DesktopAction;
@@ -106,12 +176,13 @@ private:
 class DesktopAction: public QObject {
 	Q_OBJECT;
 	Q_PROPERTY(QString id MEMBER mId CONSTANT);
-	Q_PROPERTY(QString name MEMBER mName CONSTANT);
-	Q_PROPERTY(QString icon MEMBER mIcon CONSTANT);
+	// clang-format off
+	Q_PROPERTY(QString name READ default WRITE default NOTIFY nameChanged BINDABLE bindableName);
+	Q_PROPERTY(QString icon READ default WRITE default NOTIFY iconChanged BINDABLE bindableIcon);
 	/// The raw `Exec` string from the action.
 	///
 	/// > [!WARNING] This cannot be reliably run as a command. See @@command for one you can run.
-	Q_PROPERTY(QString execString MEMBER mExecString CONSTANT);
+	Q_PROPERTY(QString execString READ default WRITE default NOTIFY execStringChanged BINDABLE bindableExecString);
 	/// The parsed `Exec` command in the action.
 	///
 	/// The entry can be run with @@execute(), or by using this command in
@@ -120,7 +191,8 @@ class DesktopAction: public QObject {
 	/// the invoked process.
 	///
 	/// > [!NOTE]	The provided command does not invoke a terminal even if @@runInTerminal is true.
-	Q_PROPERTY(QVector<QString> command MEMBER mCommand CONSTANT);
+	Q_PROPERTY(QVector<QString> command READ default WRITE default NOTIFY commandChanged BINDABLE bindableCommand);
+	// clang-format on
 	QML_ELEMENT;
 	QML_UNCREATABLE("DesktopAction instances must be retrieved from a DesktopEntry");
 
@@ -136,18 +208,47 @@ public:
 	/// and @@DesktopEntry.workingDirectory.
 	Q_INVOKABLE void execute() const;
 
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QString> bindableName() const { return &this->bName; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QString> bindableIcon() const { return &this->bIcon; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QString> bindableExecString() const { return &this->bExecString; }
+	[[nodiscard]] QBindable<QVector<QString>> bindableCommand() const { return &this->bCommand; }
+
+signals:
+	void nameChanged();
+	void iconChanged();
+	void execStringChanged();
+	void commandChanged();
+
 private:
 	DesktopEntry* entry;
 	QString mId;
-	QString mName;
-	QString mIcon;
-	QString mExecString;
-	QVector<QString> mCommand;
 	QHash<QString, QString> mEntries;
 
+	// clang-format off
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopAction, QString, bName, &DesktopAction::nameChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopAction, QString, bIcon, &DesktopAction::iconChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopAction, QString, bExecString, &DesktopAction::execStringChanged);
+	Q_OBJECT_BINDABLE_PROPERTY(DesktopAction, QVector<QString>, bCommand, &DesktopAction::commandChanged);
+	// clang-format on
+
 	friend class DesktopEntry;
 };
 
+class DesktopEntryManager;
+
+class DesktopEntryScanner: public QRunnable {
+public:
+	explicit DesktopEntryScanner(DesktopEntryManager* manager);
+
+	void run() override;
+	// clang-format off
+	void scanDirectory(const QDir& dir, const QString& idPrefix, QList<ParsedDesktopEntryData>& entries);
+	// clang-format on
+
+private:
+	DesktopEntryManager* manager;
+};
+
 class DesktopEntryManager: public QObject {
 	Q_OBJECT;
 
@@ -161,15 +262,26 @@ public:
 
 	static DesktopEntryManager* instance();
 
+	static const QStringList& desktopPaths();
+
+signals:
+	void applicationsChanged();
+
+private slots:
+	void handleFileChanges();
+	void onScanCompleted(const QList<ParsedDesktopEntryData>& scanResults);
+
 private:
 	explicit DesktopEntryManager();
 
-	void populateApplications();
-	void scanPath(const QDir& dir, const QString& prefix = QString());
-
 	QHash<QString, DesktopEntry*> desktopEntries;
 	QHash<QString, DesktopEntry*> lowercaseDesktopEntries;
 	ObjectModel<DesktopEntry> mApplications {this};
+	DesktopEntryMonitor* monitor = nullptr;
+	bool scanInProgress = false;
+	bool scanQueued = false;
+
+	friend class DesktopEntryScanner;
 };
 
 ///! Desktop entry index.
@@ -201,4 +313,7 @@ public:
 	Q_INVOKABLE [[nodiscard]] static DesktopEntry* heuristicLookup(const QString& name);
 
 	[[nodiscard]] static ObjectModel<DesktopEntry>* applications();
+
+signals:
+	void applicationsChanged();
 };

src/core/desktopentrymonitor.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include "desktopentrymonitor.hpp"
+
+#include <qdir.h>
+#include <qfileinfo.h>
+#include <qfilesystemwatcher.h>
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <qstring.h>
+#include <qtmetamacros.h>
+
+#include "desktopentry.hpp"
+
+namespace {
+void addPathAndParents(QFileSystemWatcher& watcher, const QString& path) {
+	watcher.addPath(path);
+
+	auto p = QFileInfo(path).absolutePath();
+	while (!p.isEmpty()) {
+		watcher.addPath(p);
+		const auto parent = QFileInfo(p).dir().absolutePath();
+		if (parent == p) break;
+		p = parent;
+	}
+}
+} // namespace
+
+DesktopEntryMonitor::DesktopEntryMonitor(QObject* parent): QObject(parent) {
+	this->debounceTimer.setSingleShot(true);
+	this->debounceTimer.setInterval(100);
+
+	QObject::connect(
+	    &this->watcher,
+	    &QFileSystemWatcher::directoryChanged,
+	    this,
+	    &DesktopEntryMonitor::onDirectoryChanged
+	);
+	QObject::connect(
+	    &this->debounceTimer,
+	    &QTimer::timeout,
+	    this,
+	    &DesktopEntryMonitor::processChanges
+	);
+
+	this->startMonitoring();
+}
+
+void DesktopEntryMonitor::startMonitoring() {
+	for (const auto& path: DesktopEntryManager::desktopPaths()) {
+		if (!QDir(path).exists()) continue;
+		addPathAndParents(this->watcher, path);
+		this->scanAndWatch(path);
+	}
+}
+
+void DesktopEntryMonitor::scanAndWatch(const QString& dirPath) {
+	auto dir = QDir(dirPath);
+	if (!dir.exists()) return;
+
+	this->watcher.addPath(dirPath);
+
+	auto subdirs = dir.entryInfoList(QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::NoSymLinks);
+	for (const auto& subdir: subdirs) this->watcher.addPath(subdir.absoluteFilePath());
+}
+
+void DesktopEntryMonitor::onDirectoryChanged(const QString& /*path*/) {
+	this->debounceTimer.start();
+}
+
+void DesktopEntryMonitor::processChanges() { emit this->desktopEntriesChanged(); }

src/core/desktopentrymonitor.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <qfilesystemwatcher.h>
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <qstringlist.h>
+#include <qtimer.h>
+
+class DesktopEntryMonitor: public QObject {
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+	explicit DesktopEntryMonitor(QObject* parent = nullptr);
+	~DesktopEntryMonitor() override = default;
+	DesktopEntryMonitor(const DesktopEntryMonitor&) = delete;
+	DesktopEntryMonitor& operator=(const DesktopEntryMonitor&) = delete;
+	DesktopEntryMonitor(DesktopEntryMonitor&&) = delete;
+	DesktopEntryMonitor& operator=(DesktopEntryMonitor&&) = delete;
+
+signals:
+	void desktopEntriesChanged();
+
+private slots:
+	void onDirectoryChanged(const QString& path);
+	void processChanges();
+
+private:
+	void startMonitoring();
+	void scanAndWatch(const QString& dirPath);
+
+	QFileSystemWatcher watcher;
+	QTimer debounceTimer;
+};

src/core/generation.cpp

@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 #include <qlist.h>
 #include <qlogging.h>
 #include <qloggingcategory.h>
-#include <qnamespace.h>
 #include <qobject.h>
 #include <qqmlcontext.h>
 #include <qqmlengine.h>
 #include <qqmlerror.h>
 #include <qqmlincubator.h>
+#include <qquickwindow.h>
 #include <qtmetamacros.h>
 
 #include "iconimageprovider.hpp"
@@ -242,90 +242,6 @@ void EngineGeneration::onDirectoryChanged() {
 	}
 }
 
-void EngineGeneration::registerIncubationController(QQmlIncubationController* controller) {
-	// We only want controllers that we can swap out if destroyed.
-	// This happens if the window owning the active controller dies.
-	auto* obj = dynamic_cast<QObject*>(controller);
-	if (!obj) {
-		qCWarning(logIncubator) << "Could not register incubation controller as it is not a QObject"
-		                        << controller;
-
-		return;
-	}
-
-	QObject::connect(
-	    obj,
-	    &QObject::destroyed,
-	    this,
-	    &EngineGeneration::incubationControllerDestroyed,
-	    Qt::UniqueConnection
-	);
-
-	this->incubationControllers.push_back(obj);
-	qCDebug(logIncubator) << "Registered incubation controller" << obj << "to generation" << this;
-
-	// This function can run during destruction.
-	if (this->engine == nullptr) return;
-
-	if (this->engine->incubationController() == &this->delayedIncubationController) {
-		this->assignIncubationController();
-	}
-}
-
-// Multiple controllers may be destroyed at once. Dynamic casts must be performed before working
-// with any controllers. The QQmlIncubationController destructor will already have run by the
-// point QObject::destroyed is called, so we can't cast to that.
-void EngineGeneration::deregisterIncubationController(QQmlIncubationController* controller) {
-	auto* obj = dynamic_cast<QObject*>(controller);
-	if (!obj) {
-		qCCritical(logIncubator) << "Deregistering incubation controller which is not a QObject, "
-		                            "however only QObject controllers should be registered.";
-	}
-
-	QObject::disconnect(obj, nullptr, this, nullptr);
-
-	if (this->incubationControllers.removeOne(obj)) {
-		qCDebug(logIncubator) << "Deregistered incubation controller" << obj << "from" << this;
-	} else {
-		qCCritical(logIncubator) << "Failed to deregister incubation controller" << obj << "from"
-		                         << this << "as it was not registered to begin with";
-		qCCritical(logIncubator) << "Current registered incuabation controllers"
-		                         << this->incubationControllers;
-	}
-
-	// This function can run during destruction.
-	if (this->engine == nullptr) return;
-
-	if (this->engine->incubationController() == controller) {
-		qCDebug(logIncubator
-		) << "Destroyed incubation controller was currently active, reassigning from pool";
-		this->assignIncubationController();
-	}
-}
-
-void EngineGeneration::incubationControllerDestroyed() {
-	auto* sender = this->sender();
-
-	if (this->incubationControllers.removeAll(sender) != 0) {
-		qCDebug(logIncubator) << "Destroyed incubation controller" << sender << "deregistered from"
-		                      << this;
-	} else {
-		qCCritical(logIncubator) << "Destroyed incubation controller" << sender
-		                         << "was not registered, but its destruction was observed by" << this;
-
-		return;
-	}
-
-	// This function can run during destruction.
-	if (this->engine == nullptr) return;
-
-	if (dynamic_cast<QObject*>(this->engine->incubationController()) == sender) {
-		qCDebug(logIncubator
-		) << "Destroyed incubation controller was currently active, reassigning from pool";
-		this->assignIncubationController();
-	}
-}
-
 void EngineGeneration::onEngineWarnings(const QList<QQmlError>& warnings) {
 	for (const auto& error: warnings) {
 		const auto& url = error.url();
@@ -367,13 +283,27 @@ void EngineGeneration::exit(int code) {
 	this->destroy();
 }
 
-void EngineGeneration::assignIncubationController() {
-	QQmlIncubationController* controller = nullptr;
+void EngineGeneration::trackWindowIncubationController(QQuickWindow* window) {
+	if (this->trackedWindows.contains(window)) return;
 
-	if (this->incubationControllersLocked || this->incubationControllers.isEmpty()) {
-		controller = &this->delayedIncubationController;
-	} else {
-		controller = dynamic_cast<QQmlIncubationController*>(this->incubationControllers.first());
+	QObject::connect(window, &QObject::destroyed, this, &EngineGeneration::onTrackedWindowDestroyed);
+	this->trackedWindows.append(window);
+	this->assignIncubationController();
+}
+
+void EngineGeneration::onTrackedWindowDestroyed(QObject* object) {
+	this->trackedWindows.removeAll(static_cast<QQuickWindow*>(object)); // NOLINT
+	this->assignIncubationController();
+}
+
+void EngineGeneration::assignIncubationController() {
+	QQmlIncubationController* controller = &this->delayedIncubationController;
+
+	for (auto* window: this->trackedWindows) {
+		if (auto* wctl = window->incubationController()) {
+			controller = wctl;
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	qCDebug(logIncubator) << "Assigning incubation controller" << controller << "to generation"

src/core/generation.hpp

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <qqmlengine.h>
 #include <qqmlerror.h>
 #include <qqmlincubator.h>
+#include <qquickwindow.h>
 #include <qtclasshelpermacros.h>
 
 #include "incubator.hpp"
@@ -40,8 +41,7 @@ public:
 	void setWatchingFiles(bool watching);
 	bool setExtraWatchedFiles(const QVector<QString>& files);
 
-	void registerIncubationController(QQmlIncubationController* controller);
-	void deregisterIncubationController(QQmlIncubationController* controller);
+	void trackWindowIncubationController(QQuickWindow* window);
 
 	// takes ownership
 	void registerExtension(const void* key, EngineGenerationExt* extension);
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ public slots:
 private slots:
 	void onFileChanged(const QString& name);
 	void onDirectoryChanged();
-	void incubationControllerDestroyed();
+	void onTrackedWindowDestroyed(QObject* object);
 	static void onEngineWarnings(const QList<QQmlError>& warnings);
 
 private:
 	void postReload();
 	void assignIncubationController();
-	QVector<QObject*> incubationControllers;
+	QVector<QQuickWindow*> trackedWindows;
 	bool incubationControllersLocked = false;
 	QHash<const void*, EngineGenerationExt*> extensions;
 

src/core/logging.cpp

@@ -313,8 +313,12 @@ void ThreadLogging::init() {
 
 	if (logMfd != -1) {
 		this->file = new QFile();
-		this->file->open(logMfd, QFile::ReadWrite, QFile::AutoCloseHandle);
+
+		if (this->file->open(logMfd, QFile::ReadWrite, QFile::AutoCloseHandle)) {
 			this->fileStream.setDevice(this->file);
+		} else {
+			qCCritical(logLogging) << "Failed to open early logging memfd.";
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (dlogMfd != -1) {
@@ -322,7 +326,9 @@ void ThreadLogging::init() {
 
 		this->detailedFile = new QFile();
 		// buffered by WriteBuffer
-		this->detailedFile->open(dlogMfd, QFile::ReadWrite | QFile::Unbuffered, QFile::AutoCloseHandle);
+		if (this->detailedFile
+		        ->open(dlogMfd, QFile::ReadWrite | QFile::Unbuffered, QFile::AutoCloseHandle))
+		{
 			this->detailedWriter.setDevice(this->detailedFile);
 
 			if (!this->detailedWriter.writeHeader()) {
@@ -331,6 +337,9 @@ void ThreadLogging::init() {
 				delete this->detailedFile;
 				this->detailedFile = nullptr;
 			}
+		} else {
+			qCCritical(logLogging) << "Failed to open early detailed logging memfd.";
+		}
 	}
 
 	// This connection is direct so it works while the event loop is destroyed between
@@ -458,13 +467,13 @@ void ThreadLogging::onMessage(const LogMessage& msg, bool showInSparse) {
 	}
 
 	if (!this->detailedWriter.write(msg) || (this->detailedFile && !this->detailedFile->flush())) {
-		if (this->detailedFile) {
-			qCCritical(logLogging) << "Detailed logger failed to write. Ending detailed logs.";
-		}
-
 		this->detailedWriter.setDevice(nullptr);
+
+		if (this->detailedFile) {
 			this->detailedFile->close();
 			this->detailedFile = nullptr;
+			qCCritical(logLogging) << "Detailed logger failed to write. Ending detailed logs.";
+		}
 	}
 }
 

src/core/scriptmodel.cpp

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ void ScriptModel::updateValuesUnique(const QVariantList& newValues) {
 	auto newIter = newValues.begin();
 
 	// TODO: cache this
-	auto getCmpKey = [&](const QVariant& v) {
+	auto getCmpKey = [this](const QVariant& v) {
 		if (v.canConvert<QVariantMap>()) {
 			auto vMap = v.value<QVariantMap>();
 			if (vMap.contains(this->cmpKey)) {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void ScriptModel::updateValuesUnique(const QVariantList& newValues) {
 		return v;
 	};
 
-	auto variantCmp = [&](const QVariant& a, const QVariant& b) {
+	auto variantCmp = [&, this](const QVariant& a, const QVariant& b) {
 		if (!this->cmpKey.isEmpty()) return getCmpKey(a) == getCmpKey(b);
 		else return a == b;
 	};

src/crash/handler.cpp

@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ void CrashHandler::setRelaunchInfo(const RelaunchInfo& info) {
 	}
 
 	QFile file;
-	file.open(this->d->infoFd, QFile::ReadWrite);
+
+	if (!file.open(this->d->infoFd, QFile::ReadWrite)) {
+		qCCritical(logCrashHandler
+		) << "Failed to open instance info memfd, crash recovery will not work.";
+	}
 
 	QDataStream ds(&file);
 	ds << info;

src/crash/main.cpp

@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@ void qsCheckCrash(int argc, char** argv) {
 		auto infoFd = qEnvironmentVariable("__QUICKSHELL_CRASH_INFO_FD").toInt();
 
 		QFile file;
-		file.open(infoFd, QFile::ReadOnly, QFile::AutoCloseHandle);
+		if (!file.open(infoFd, QFile::ReadOnly, QFile::AutoCloseHandle)) {
+			qFatal() << "Failed to open instance info fd.";
+		}
+
 		file.seek(0);
 
 		auto ds = QDataStream(&file);

src/dbus/dbusmenu/dbusmenu.cpp

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void DBusMenuItem::updateProperties(const QVariantMap& properties, const QString
 		}
 	} else if (removed.isEmpty() || removed.contains("icon-data")) {
 		imageChanged = this->image.hasData();
-		image.data.clear();
+		this->image.data.clear();
 	}
 
 	auto type = properties.value("type");

src/dbus/dbusmenu/dbusmenu.hpp

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class DBusMenuPngImage: public QsIndexedImageHandle {
 public:
 	explicit DBusMenuPngImage(): QsIndexedImageHandle(QQuickImageProvider::Image) {}
 
-	[[nodiscard]] bool hasData() const { return !data.isEmpty(); }
+	[[nodiscard]] bool hasData() const { return !this->data.isEmpty(); }
 	QImage requestImage(const QString& id, QSize* size, const QSize& requestedSize) override;
 
 	QByteArray data;

src/io/fileview.cpp

@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ void FileViewReader::run() {
 		FileViewReader::read(this->owner, this->state, this->doStringConversion, this->shouldCancel);
 
 		if (this->shouldCancel.loadAcquire()) {
-			qCDebug(logFileView) << "Read" << this << "of" << state.path << "canceled for" << this->owner;
+			qCDebug(logFileView) << "Read" << this << "of" << this->state.path << "canceled for"
+			                     << this->owner;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ void FileViewWriter::run() {
 		FileViewWriter::write(this->owner, this->state, this->doAtomicWrite, this->shouldCancel);
 
 		if (this->shouldCancel.loadAcquire()) {
-			qCDebug(logFileView) << "Write" << this << "of" << state.path << "canceled for"
+			qCDebug(logFileView) << "Write" << this << "of" << this->state.path << "canceled for"
 			                     << this->owner;
 		}
 	}

src/io/jsonadapter.cpp

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void JsonAdapter::deserializeAdapter(const QByteArray& data) {
 
 	this->deserializeRec(json.object(), this, &JsonAdapter::staticMetaObject);
 
-	for (auto* object: oldCreatedObjects) {
+	for (auto* object: this->oldCreatedObjects) {
 		delete object; // FIXME: QMetaType::destroy?
 	}
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void JsonAdapter::deserializeAdapter(const QByteArray& data) {
 
 void JsonAdapter::connectNotifiers() {
 	auto notifySlot = JsonAdapter::staticMetaObject.indexOfSlot("onPropertyChanged()");
-	connectNotifiersRec(notifySlot, this, &JsonAdapter::staticMetaObject);
+	this->connectNotifiersRec(notifySlot, this, &JsonAdapter::staticMetaObject);
 }
 
 void JsonAdapter::connectNotifiersRec(int notifySlot, QObject* obj, const QMetaObject* base) {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void JsonAdapter::connectNotifiersRec(int notifySlot, QObject* obj, const QMetaO
 			auto val = prop.read(obj);
 			if (val.canView<JsonObject*>()) {
 				auto* pobj = prop.read(obj).view<JsonObject*>();
-				if (pobj) connectNotifiersRec(notifySlot, pobj, &JsonObject::staticMetaObject);
+				if (pobj) this->connectNotifiersRec(notifySlot, pobj, &JsonObject::staticMetaObject);
 			} else if (val.canConvert<QQmlListProperty<JsonObject>>()) {
 				auto listVal = val.value<QQmlListProperty<JsonObject>>();
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void JsonAdapter::connectNotifiersRec(int notifySlot, QObject* obj, const QMetaO
 				for (auto i = 0; i != len; i++) {
 					auto* pobj = listVal.at(&listVal, i);
 
-					if (pobj) connectNotifiersRec(notifySlot, pobj, &JsonObject::staticMetaObject);
+					if (pobj) this->connectNotifiersRec(notifySlot, pobj, &JsonObject::staticMetaObject);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ QJsonObject JsonAdapter::serializeRec(const QObject* obj, const QMetaObject* bas
 				auto* pobj = val.view<JsonObject*>();
 
 				if (pobj) {
-					json.insert(prop.name(), serializeRec(pobj, &JsonObject::staticMetaObject));
+					json.insert(prop.name(), this->serializeRec(pobj, &JsonObject::staticMetaObject));
 				} else {
 					json.insert(prop.name(), QJsonValue::Null);
 				}
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ QJsonObject JsonAdapter::serializeRec(const QObject* obj, const QMetaObject* bas
 					auto* pobj = listVal.at(&listVal, i);
 
 					if (pobj) {
-						array.push_back(serializeRec(pobj, &JsonObject::staticMetaObject));
+						array.push_back(this->serializeRec(pobj, &JsonObject::staticMetaObject));
 					} else {
 						array.push_back(QJsonValue::Null);
 					}
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ void JsonAdapter::deserializeRec(const QJsonObject& json, QObject* obj, const QM
 
 						currentValue->setParent(this);
 						this->createdObjects.push_back(currentValue);
-					} else if (oldCreatedObjects.removeOne(currentValue)) {
-						createdObjects.push_back(currentValue);
+					} else if (this->oldCreatedObjects.removeOne(currentValue)) {
+						this->createdObjects.push_back(currentValue);
 					}
 
 					this->deserializeRec(jval.toObject(), currentValue, &JsonObject::staticMetaObject);
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ void JsonAdapter::deserializeRec(const QJsonObject& json, QObject* obj, const QM
 						if (jsonValue.isObject()) {
 							if (isNew) {
 								currentValue = lp.at(&lp, i);
-								if (oldCreatedObjects.removeOne(currentValue)) {
-									createdObjects.push_back(currentValue);
+								if (this->oldCreatedObjects.removeOne(currentValue)) {
+									this->createdObjects.push_back(currentValue);
 								}
 							} else {
 								// FIXME: should be the type inside the QQmlListProperty but how can we get that?

src/launch/command.cpp

@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ int runCommand(int argc, char** argv, QCoreApplication* coreApplication) {
 
 	if (state.misc.printVersion) {
 		qCInfo(logBare).noquote().nospace()
-		    << "quickshell 0.2.0, revision " << GIT_REVISION << ", distributed by: " << DISTRIBUTOR;
+		    << "quickshell 0.2.1, revision " << GIT_REVISION << ", distributed by: " << DISTRIBUTOR;
 
 		if (state.log.verbosity > 1) {
 			qCInfo(logBare).noquote() << "\nBuildtime Qt Version:" << QT_VERSION_STR;

src/launch/main.cpp

@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ void checkCrashRelaunch(char** argv, QCoreApplication* coreApplication) {
 		auto lastInfoFd = lastInfoFdStr.toInt();
 
 		QFile file;
-		file.open(lastInfoFd, QFile::ReadOnly, QFile::AutoCloseHandle);
+		if (!file.open(lastInfoFd, QFile::ReadOnly, QFile::AutoCloseHandle)) {
+			qFatal() << "Failed to open crash info fd. Cannot restart.";
+		}
+
 		file.seek(0);
 
 		auto ds = QDataStream(&file);

src/services/greetd/connection.cpp

@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ void GreetdConnection::onSocketReady() {
 
 		this->mResponseRequired = responseRequired;
 		emit this->authMessage(message, error, responseRequired, echoResponse);
+
+		if (!responseRequired) {
+			this->sendRequest({{"type", "post_auth_message_response"}});
+		}
 	} else goto unexpected;
 
 	return;

src/services/mpris/player.cpp

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ MprisPlayer::MprisPlayer(const QString& address, QObject* parent): QObject(paren
 		} else return static_cast<qlonglong>(-1);
 	});
 
-	this->bLengthSupported.setBinding([this]() { return this->bInternalLength != -1; });
+	this->bLengthSupported.setBinding([this]() { return this->bInternalLength.value() != -1; });
 
 	this->bIsPlaying.setBinding([this]() {
 		return this->bPlaybackState == MprisPlaybackState::Playing;
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ void MprisPlayer::onPlaybackStatusUpdated() {
 
 	// For exceptionally bad players that update playback timestamps at an indeterminate time AFTER
 	// updating playback state. (Youtube)
-	QTimer::singleShot(100, this, [&]() { this->pPosition.requestUpdate(); });
+	QTimer::singleShot(100, this, [this]() { this->pPosition.requestUpdate(); });
 
 	// For exceptionally bad players that don't update length (or other metadata) until a new track actually
 	// starts playing, and then don't trigger a metadata update when they do. (Jellyfin)

src/services/notifications/notification.cpp

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ void Notification::updateProperties(
 
 	if (appIcon.isEmpty() && !this->bDesktopEntry.value().isEmpty()) {
 		if (auto* entry = DesktopEntryManager::instance()->byId(this->bDesktopEntry.value())) {
-			appIcon = entry->mIcon;
+			appIcon = entry->bIcon.value();
 		}
 	}
 

src/services/pipewire/device.cpp

@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ void PwDevice::polled() {
 	// It is far more likely that the list content has not come in yet than it having no entries,
 	// and there isn't a way to check in the case that there *aren't* actually any entries.
 	if (!this->stagingIndexes.isEmpty()) {
-		this->routeDeviceIndexes.removeIf([&](const std::pair<qint32, qint32>& entry) {
-			if (!stagingIndexes.contains(entry.first)) {
+		this->routeDeviceIndexes.removeIf([&, this](const std::pair<qint32, qint32>& entry) {
+			if (!this->stagingIndexes.contains(entry.first)) {
 				qCDebug(logDevice).nospace() << "Removed device/index pair [device: " << entry.first
 				                             << ", index: " << entry.second << "] for" << this;
 				return true;

src/services/pipewire/node.cpp

@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ void PwNodeBoundAudio::updateVolumeProps(const PwVolumeProps& volumeProps) {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	this->volumeStep = volumeProps.volumeStep;
+
 	// It is important that the lengths of channels and volumes stay in sync whenever you read them.
 	auto channelsChanged = false;
 	auto volumesChanged = false;
@@ -435,11 +437,12 @@ void PwNodeBoundAudio::setVolumes(const QVector<float>& volumes) {
 			                << "via device";
 			this->waitingVolumes = realVolumes;
 		} else {
+			if (this->volumeStep != -1) {
 				auto significantChange = this->mServerVolumes.isEmpty();
 				for (auto i = 0; i < this->mServerVolumes.length(); i++) {
 					auto serverVolume = this->mServerVolumes.value(i);
 					auto targetVolume = realVolumes.value(i);
-				if (targetVolume == 0 || abs(targetVolume - serverVolume) >= 0.0001) {
+					if (targetVolume == 0 || abs(targetVolume - serverVolume) >= this->volumeStep) {
 						significantChange = true;
 						break;
 					}
@@ -457,9 +460,12 @@ void PwNodeBoundAudio::setVolumes(const QVector<float>& volumes) {
 				} else {
 					// Insignificant changes won't cause an info event on the device, leaving qs hung in the
 					// "waiting for acknowledgement" state forever.
-				qCInfo(logNode) << "Ignoring volume change for" << this->node << "to" << realVolumes
-				                << "from" << this->mServerVolumes
-				                << "as it is a device node and the change is too small.";
+					qCInfo(logNode).nospace()
+					    << "Ignoring volume change for " << this->node << " to " << realVolumes << " from "
+					    << this->mServerVolumes
+					    << " as it is a device node and the change is too small (min step: "
+					    << this->volumeStep << ").";
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -519,6 +525,7 @@ PwVolumeProps PwVolumeProps::parseSpaPod(const spa_pod* param) {
 	const auto* volumesProp = spa_pod_find_prop(param, nullptr, SPA_PROP_channelVolumes);
 	const auto* channelsProp = spa_pod_find_prop(param, nullptr, SPA_PROP_channelMap);
 	const auto* muteProp = spa_pod_find_prop(param, nullptr, SPA_PROP_mute);
+	const auto* volumeStepProp = spa_pod_find_prop(param, nullptr, SPA_PROP_volumeStep);
 
 	const auto* volumes = reinterpret_cast<const spa_pod_array*>(&volumesProp->value);
 	const auto* channels = reinterpret_cast<const spa_pod_array*>(&channelsProp->value);
@@ -537,6 +544,12 @@ PwVolumeProps PwVolumeProps::parseSpaPod(const spa_pod* param) {
 
 	spa_pod_get_bool(&muteProp->value, &props.mute);
 
+	if (volumeStepProp) {
+		spa_pod_get_float(&volumeStepProp->value, &props.volumeStep);
+	} else {
+		props.volumeStep = -1;
+	}
+
 	return props;
 }
 

src/services/pipewire/node.hpp

@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ struct PwVolumeProps {
 	QVector<PwAudioChannel::Enum> channels;
 	QVector<float> volumes;
 	bool mute = false;
+	float volumeStep = -1;
 
 	static PwVolumeProps parseSpaPod(const spa_pod* param);
 };
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ private:
 	QVector<float> mServerVolumes;
 	QVector<float> mDeviceVolumes;
 	QVector<float> waitingVolumes;
+	float volumeStep = -1;
 	PwNode* node;
 };
 

src/services/upower/device.cpp

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ UPowerDevice::UPowerDevice(QObject* parent): QObject(parent) {
 		return this->bType == UPowerDeviceType::Battery && this->bPowerSupply;
 	});
 
-	this->bHealthSupported.setBinding([this]() { return this->bHealthPercentage != 0; });
+	this->bHealthSupported.setBinding([this]() { return this->bHealthPercentage.value() != 0; });
 }
 
 void UPowerDevice::init(const QString& path) {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ QString UPowerDevice::address() const { return this->device ? this->device->serv
 QString UPowerDevice::path() const { return this->device ? this->device->path() : QString(); }
 
 void UPowerDevice::onGetAllFinished() {
-	qCDebug(logUPowerDevice) << "UPowerDevice" << device->path() << "ready.";
+	qCDebug(logUPowerDevice) << "UPowerDevice" << this->device->path() << "ready.";
 	this->bReady = true;
 }
 

src/services/upower/powerprofiles.cpp

@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ QString DBusDataTransform<PowerProfile::Enum>::toWire(Data data) {
 	case PowerProfile::PowerSaver: return QStringLiteral("power-saver");
 	case PowerProfile::Balanced: return QStringLiteral("balanced");
 	case PowerProfile::Performance: return QStringLiteral("performance");
+	default: qFatal() << "Attempted to convert invalid power profile" << data << "to wire format.";
 	}
 }
 

src/ui/reload_popup.cpp

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ReloadPopup::ReloadPopup(QString instanceId, bool failed, QString errorString)
 
 	this->popup = component.createWithInitialProperties({{"reloadInfo", QVariant::fromValue(this)}});
 
-	if (!popup) {
+	if (!this->popup) {
 		qCritical() << "Failed to open reload popup:" << component.errorString();
 	}
 

src/wayland/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 find_package(WaylandScanner REQUIRED)
-pkg_check_modules(wayland REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET wayland-client wayland-protocols)
+pkg_check_modules(wayland REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET wayland-client wayland-protocols>=1.41)
 
 # wayland protocols
 
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ if(NOT TARGET Qt6::qtwaylandscanner)
 	message(FATAL_ERROR "qtwaylandscanner executable not found. Most likely there is an issue with your Qt installation.")
 endif()
 
-execute_process(
-	COMMAND pkg-config --variable=pkgdatadir wayland-protocols
-	OUTPUT_VARIABLE WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS
-	OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-)
+pkg_get_variable(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS wayland-protocols pkgdatadir)
 
-message(STATUS "Found wayland-protocols at ${WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_DIR}")
+if(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS)
+	message(STATUS "Found wayland protocols at ${WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS}")
+else()
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find wayland protocols")
+endif()
 
 qs_add_pchset(wayland-protocol
 	DEPENDENCIES Qt::Core Qt::WaylandClient Qt::WaylandClientPrivate

src/wayland/buffer/dmabuf.cpp

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ QDebug& operator<<(QDebug& debug, const WlDmaBuffer* buffer) {
 }
 
 GbmDeviceHandle::~GbmDeviceHandle() {
-	if (device) {
+	if (this->device) {
 		MANAGER->unrefGbmDevice(this->device);
 	}
 }
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ WlDmaBuffer::~WlDmaBuffer() {
 bool WlDmaBuffer::isCompatible(const WlBufferRequest& request) const {
 	if (request.width != this->width || request.height != this->height) return false;
 
-	auto matchingFormat = std::ranges::find_if(request.dmabuf.formats, [&](const auto& format) {
+	auto matchingFormat = std::ranges::find_if(request.dmabuf.formats, [this](const auto& format) {
 		return format.format == this->format
 		    && (format.modifiers.isEmpty()
 		        || std::ranges::find(format.modifiers, this->modifier) != format.modifiers.end());

src/wayland/buffer/dmabuf.hpp

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public:
 	           '\0'}
 	      ) {
 		for (auto i = 3; i != 0; i--) {
-			if (chars[i] == ' ') chars[i] = '\0';
+			if (this->chars[i] == ' ') this->chars[i] = '\0';
 			else break;
 		}
 	}

src/wayland/hyprland/ipc/qml.cpp

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ HyprlandIpcQml::HyprlandIpcQml() {
 
 	QObject::connect(
 	    instance,
-	    &HyprlandIpc::focusedMonitorChanged,
+	    &HyprlandIpc::focusedWorkspaceChanged,
 	    this,
-	    &HyprlandIpcQml::focusedMonitorChanged
+	    &HyprlandIpcQml::focusedWorkspaceChanged
 	);
 
 	QObject::connect(

src/wayland/screencopy/wlr_screencopy/wlr_screencopy.cpp

@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ void WlrScreencopyContext::captureFrame() {
 	this->request.reset();
 
 	if (this->region.isEmpty()) {
-		this->init(manager->capture_output(this->paintCursors ? 1 : 0, screen->output()));
+		this->init(this->manager->capture_output(this->paintCursors ? 1 : 0, this->screen->output()));
 	} else {
-		this->init(manager->capture_output_region(
+		this->init(this->manager->capture_output_region(
 		    this->paintCursors ? 1 : 0,
-		    screen->output(),
+		    this->screen->output(),
 		    this->region.x(),
 		    this->region.y(),
 		    this->region.width(),

src/wayland/session_lock/shell_integration.cpp

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
 QtWaylandClient::QWaylandShellSurface*
 QSWaylandSessionLockIntegration::createShellSurface(QtWaylandClient::QWaylandWindow* window) {
 	auto* lock = LockWindowExtension::get(window->window());
-	if (lock == nullptr || lock->surface == nullptr || !lock->surface->isExposed()) {
+	if (lock == nullptr || lock->surface == nullptr) {
 		qFatal() << "Visibility canary failed. A window with a LockWindowExtension MUST be set to "
 		            "visible via LockWindowExtension::setVisible";
 	}
 
-	return lock->surface;
+	QSWaylandSessionLockSurface* surface = lock->surface; // shut up the unused include linter
+	return surface;
 }

src/wayland/session_lock/surface.cpp

@@ -48,16 +48,6 @@ void QSWaylandSessionLockSurface::applyConfigure() {
 	this->window()->resizeFromApplyConfigure(this->size);
 }
 
-bool QSWaylandSessionLockSurface::handleExpose(const QRegion& region) {
-	if (this->initBuf != nullptr) {
-		// at this point qt's next commit to the surface will have a new buffer, and we can safely delete this one.
-		delete this->initBuf;
-		this->initBuf = nullptr;
-	}
-
-	return this->QtWaylandClient::QWaylandShellSurface::handleExpose(region);
-}
-
 void QSWaylandSessionLockSurface::setExtension(LockWindowExtension* ext) {
 	if (ext == nullptr) {
 		if (this->window() != nullptr) this->window()->window()->close();
@@ -71,11 +61,6 @@ void QSWaylandSessionLockSurface::setExtension(LockWindowExtension* ext) {
 	}
 }
 
-void QSWaylandSessionLockSurface::setVisible() {
-	if (this->configured && !this->visible) this->initVisible();
-	this->visible = true;
-}
-
 void QSWaylandSessionLockSurface::ext_session_lock_surface_v1_configure(
     quint32 serial,
     quint32 width,
@@ -97,13 +82,41 @@ void QSWaylandSessionLockSurface::ext_session_lock_surface_v1_configure(
 #else
 		this->window()->updateExposure();
 #endif
+
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 10, 0)
 		if (this->visible) this->initVisible();
+#endif
 	} else {
 		// applyConfigureWhenPossible runs too late and causes a protocol error on reconfigure.
 		this->window()->resizeFromApplyConfigure(this->size);
 	}
 }
 
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 10, 0)
+
+bool QSWaylandSessionLockSurface::commitSurfaceRole() const { return false; }
+
+void QSWaylandSessionLockSurface::setVisible() { this->window()->window()->setVisible(true); }
+
+#else
+
+bool QSWaylandSessionLockSurface::handleExpose(const QRegion& region) {
+	if (this->initBuf != nullptr) {
+		// at this point qt's next commit to the surface will have a new buffer, and we can safely delete this one.
+		delete this->initBuf;
+		this->initBuf = nullptr;
+	}
+
+	return this->QtWaylandClient::QWaylandShellSurface::handleExpose(region);
+}
+
+void QSWaylandSessionLockSurface::setVisible() {
+	if (this->configured && !this->visible) this->initVisible();
+	this->visible = true;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 #if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 9, 0)
 
 #include <private/qwaylandshmbackingstore_p.h>
@@ -123,7 +136,7 @@ void QSWaylandSessionLockSurface::initVisible() {
 	this->window()->window()->setVisible(true);
 }
 
-#else
+#elif QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 10, 0)
 
 #include <cmath>
 

src/wayland/session_lock/surface.hpp

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <private/qwaylandwindow_p.h>
 #include <qregion.h>
 #include <qtclasshelpermacros.h>
+#include <qtversionchecks.h>
 #include <qtypes.h>
 #include <qwayland-ext-session-lock-v1.h>
 
@@ -20,7 +21,12 @@ public:
 
 	[[nodiscard]] bool isExposed() const override;
 	void applyConfigure() override;
+
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 10, 0)
+	[[nodiscard]] bool commitSurfaceRole() const override;
+#else
 	bool handleExpose(const QRegion& region) override;
+#endif
 
 	void setExtension(LockWindowExtension* ext);
 	void setVisible();
@@ -29,11 +35,13 @@ private:
 	void
 	ext_session_lock_surface_v1_configure(quint32 serial, quint32 width, quint32 height) override;
 
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 10, 0)
 	void initVisible();
+	bool visible = false;
+	QtWaylandClient::QWaylandShmBuffer* initBuf = nullptr;
+#endif
 
 	LockWindowExtension* ext = nullptr;
 	QSize size;
 	bool configured = false;
-	bool visible = false;
-	QtWaylandClient::QWaylandShmBuffer* initBuf = nullptr;
 };

src/wayland/wlr_layershell/wlr_layershell.cpp

@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ WlrLayershell::WlrLayershell(QObject* parent): ProxyWindowBase(parent) {
 			case Qt::BottomEdge: return this->bImplicitHeight + margins.top;
 			case Qt::LeftEdge: return this->bImplicitWidth + margins.right;
 			case Qt::RightEdge: return this->bImplicitWidth + margins.left;
-			default: return 0;
 			}
 		}
+
+		return 0;
 	});
 
 	this->bcExclusionEdge.setBinding([this] { return this->bAnchors.value().exclusionEdge(); });

src/window/proxywindow.cpp

@@ -153,13 +153,7 @@ void ProxyWindowBase::createWindow() {
 
 void ProxyWindowBase::deleteWindow(bool keepItemOwnership) {
 	if (this->window != nullptr) emit this->windowDestroyed();
-	if (auto* window = this->disownWindow(keepItemOwnership)) {
-		if (auto* generation = EngineGeneration::findObjectGeneration(this)) {
-			generation->deregisterIncubationController(window->incubationController());
-		}
-
-		window->deleteLater();
-	}
+	if (auto* window = this->disownWindow(keepItemOwnership)) window->deleteLater();
 }
 
 ProxiedWindow* ProxyWindowBase::disownWindow(bool keepItemOwnership) {
@@ -185,7 +179,7 @@ void ProxyWindowBase::connectWindow() {
 	if (auto* generation = EngineGeneration::findObjectGeneration(this)) {
 		// All windows have effectively the same incubation controller so it dosen't matter
 		// which window it belongs to. We do want to replace the delay one though.
-		generation->registerIncubationController(this->window->incubationController());
+		generation->trackWindowIncubationController(this->window);
 	}
 
 	this->window->setProxy(this);

src/x11/i3/ipc/connection.cpp

@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ QString I3IpcEvent::eventToString(EventCode event) {
 	case EventCode::BarStateUpdate: return "bar_state_update"; break;
 	case EventCode::Input: return "input"; break;
 
-	case EventCode::Unknown: return "unknown"; break;
+	default: return "unknown"; break;
 	}
 }
 

src/x11/panel_window.cpp

@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ XPanelWindow::XPanelWindow(QObject* parent): ProxyWindowBase(parent) {
 				return 0;
 			}
 		}
+
+		return 0;
 	});
 
 	this->bcExclusionEdge.setBinding([this] { return this->bAnchors.value().exclusionEdge(); });