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Hyprland
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Smooth
Animations smoother than you can imagine.
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Early development stages
It has a few bugs and missing features.
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Uses wlroots
The best Wayland compositor library built on standards.
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Difficult setup
It has a lot of dependencies which is difficult to find and build in Debian. Also most dependencies are not found in the system repository.
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Plugins
Has a plugin system.
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Beautiful
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Easy to customize
Has a nice wiki which makes customizing it very easy.
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License:
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
Type:
Tiling
Programming Language:
C++
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Wayfire
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4
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Plugin approach
The usage of a plugin system allows for a lot of customisability.
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Less configurable compared to x11 counterparts
The borders and title bars are less customizable. Outside colour change nothing else is possible. Plugin approach is a plus but as of now, no known plugin is available to change the appearance of window decoration. Firedecor is a good option but seems deprecated as it doesn't match the current Wayfire version.
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Nice blur feature
The blur plugin makes this compositor look nice.
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Dependency issues
Hard to match builds with correct wlroots version. Building is difficult because wlroots version is either greater or lesser than the required version.
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Fastest compositor with earth.google.com/web
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Plugins require working wayfire to build but with each update, the plugin becomes incompatible and unbuildable
The case with firedecor.
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Optional tiling
Wayfire has a basic tiling extension built in, and more advanced third party plugins like this one are available.
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Cut/paste not reliable
Sometimes it works, sometimes not. But most of the time not.
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License:
MIT
Type:
stacking, tiling
Programming Language:
C++
Compositor Library:
wlroots
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Weston
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Nearly impossible to manipulate windows programmatically.
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Nice appearance
Has a good appearance with borders, buttons as expected of a stacking window manager.
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Basic, less configurable and less compatible
Outside basic window management, no other fancy features. Outside adding launcher to the bar and changing bar colour, no other customisation is available. Also, it is less compatible with most Wayland applications since most are based on wlroots
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Headless Mode
Can run in headless mode (useful for tests & automation).
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Fast
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Absolutely very lightweight
Weston is the lightest Wayland compositor. It runs without lag even on old Core 2 Duo laptops, and the Weston animation also runs fluidly without problem.
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Simple
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Stable
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License:
MIT
Type:
stacking
Programming Language:
C
Compositor Library:
libweston
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Lomiri
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Consistent GUIs
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HUD (search and use menus with keyboard)
One of the best and underappreciated features ever, HUD allows you to search and activate menus based on their name and what they do, instead of having to navigate them.
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Easy access launcher
That is always accessible on the left side.
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Vertical panels work well with multiple monitors
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Excellent touch screen compatibility
Unity provides a unified interface for mobile devices and pc.
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License:
GPLv3, LGPLv3
Type:
stacking
Default Desktop Environment:
Lomiri
Programming Language:
C++
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