diff --git a/modules/programs/default.nix b/modules/programs/default.nix
index ebc1ff4..e0ed56c 100644
--- a/modules/programs/default.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   imports = [
+    ./niri.nix
     ./acpid.nix
     ./anyrun.nix
     ./basePackages.nix
diff --git a/modules/programs/greetd.nix b/modules/programs/greetd.nix
index 22954a1..7156771 100644
--- a/modules/programs/greetd.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/greetd.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
       };
       environments = lib.mkOption {
         default = [
-          inputs.hyprland.packages.${config.conf.system}.hyprland
+          (lib.mkIf config.mods.hypr.hyprland.enable inputs.hyprland.packages.${config.conf.system}.hyprland)
+          (lib.mkIf config.mods.niri.enable pkgs.niri)
         ];
         # no idea if these are written correctly
         example = [
diff --git a/modules/programs/niri.nix b/modules/programs/niri.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93f7f45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/programs/niri.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+  mkDashDefault,
+  config,
+  lib,
+  options,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}: let
+  browserName =
+    if (builtins.isString config.mods.homePackages.browser)
+    then config.mods.homePackages.browser
+    else if config.mods.homePackages.browser ? meta && config.mods.homePackages.browser.meta ? mainProgram
+    then config.mods.homePackages.browser.meta.mainProgram
+    else config.mods.homePackages.browser.pname;
+in {
+  options.mods.niri = {
+    enable = lib.mkOption {
+      default = true;
+      example = false;
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      description = ''
+        Enable Niri
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf config.mods.niri.enable (
+    lib.optionalAttrs (options ? wayland.windowManager.hyprland) {
+      # TODO deduplicate and abstract away base window management config
+      # install Niri related packages
+      home.packages = with pkgs; [
+        xorg.xprop
+        grim
+        slurp
+        satty
+        xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
+        xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
+        kdePackages.xdg-desktop-portal-kde
+        xdg-desktop-portal-shana
+        copyq
+        wl-clipboard
+
+        niri
+        xwayland-satellite
+      ];
+    }
+  );
+}