--- title: Screen Sharing with niri, Including Specific Regions... description: niri, a Wayland compositor, offers advanced screen sharing capabilities through XDG desktop portals and PipeWire. It supports full monitor sharing, specific... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/screen-sharing-with-niri-including-specific-regions-with-obs-nick-janetakis-0ssf0efrn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Screen Sharing with niri, Including Specific Regions with OBS — Nick Janetakis | daily.dev og:description: niri, a Wayland compositor, offers advanced screen sharing capabilities through XDG desktop portals and PipeWire. It supports full monitor sharing, specific... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/screen-sharing-with-niri-including-specific-regions-with-obs-nick-janetakis-0ssf0efrn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0ssF0eFRn.png og:image:alt: Screen Sharing with niri, Including Specific Regions with OBS — Nick Janetakis og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Screen Sharing with niri, Including Specific Regions with OBS — Nick Janetakis **[Nick Janetakis](https://daily.dev/sources/nickjanetakis)** · 9 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary niri, a Wayland compositor, offers advanced screen sharing capabilities through XDG desktop portals and PipeWire. It supports full monitor sharing, specific window casting, and a unique dynamic cast feature that automatically shares the focused window. Users can configure struts to fence off recording regions, block sensitive windows from being captured, and apply custom visual indicators for casted windows. The setup works seamlessly with OBS and common video conferencing apps, with configuration examples for region-based recording and window management workflows. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How Is niri This Good? 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