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Pros
Pro Simplicity and configurability
Everything is plain and simple, and you get to configure and script almost anything.
Pro Compatible with the i3 window manager
Is designed as a wayland rework of the i3 window manager and a lot of the config options for i3 work with Sway.
Pro Screen locking through built-in Swaylock
Sway can lock the screen after you've been away for awhile or on demand with a key binding. This feature, called Swaylock, comes built-in and functions similarly to i3lock.
Pro Status bars through built-in Swaybar
Sway comes with information bars built-in through its Swaybar feature. It can be easily configured to show time, weather, notifications, and more, just like i3bar and i3status.
Cons
Con Tiling
Windows use the entire screenspace, multiple windows can have odd dimensions cramping text or content.
Con Sway does not guarantee support for NVIDIA drivers.
It works for the most of configurations, but it is not guaranteed; Those who use Sway on NVIDIA do not get any technical support. Even further, requirement to run Sway with "--my-next-gpu-wont-be-nvidia" is rather humiliating.
Con Difficult configuration
This has largely (completely as far as I know) been cleaned up with the first official release (1.0).
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Con Doesn't support custom Desktop environments (Kde, xfce, mate, etc)
Since it is a desktop environment itself...
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