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What are the best tiling window managers for Wayland?
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Best tiling window managers for Wayland
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Type
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Sway
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MIT
Tiling
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Wayfire
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MIT
stacking, tiling
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Hyprland
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BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
Tiling
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river
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GPLv3
Tiling
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Vivarium
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GPL-3.0
Tiling
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Sway
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Sway
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Sway
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Pro
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Compatible with i3wm configs
Sway is designed as a Wayland port/replacement for the i3 window manager, and a lot of the config options for i3 work with Sway.
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License:
MIT
Type:
Tiling
Programming Language:
C
Decorations:
SSD
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Windows can be rearranged with the mouse
By holding down the modifier key, the mouse can be used to move and resize windows.
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Wayfire
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Wayfire
My Recommendation for
Wayfire
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5
Pros
3
Cons
1
Specs
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Pro
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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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Con
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Tiling is primitive
Compared to most window managers built around tiling, the tiling that Wayfire has is relatively basic.
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License:
MIT
Type:
stacking, tiling
Programming Language:
C++
Decorations:
CSD/SSD
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Pro
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Plugin approach
The usage of a plugin system allows for a lot of customisability.
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Nice blur feature
The blur plugin makes this compositor look nice.
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Hyprland
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Hyprland
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Hyprland
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Cons
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Con
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Toxic Community
Don't look for help from the Hyprland community, especially if you're part of a marginalized group.
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Pro
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Uses wlroots
The best Wayland compositor library built on standards.
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Great up-and-coming WM. Terrible community.
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Specs
License:
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
Type:
Tiling
Programming Language:
C++
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Pro
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Easy to customize
Has a nice wiki which makes customizing it very easy.
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Pro
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Beautiful
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Plugins
Has a plugin system.
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Smooth
Animations smoother than you can imagine.
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river
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river
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Cons
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Con
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Early development state
It is usable but expect bugs.
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Pro
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Dynamic tiling
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License:
GPLv3
Type:
Tiling
Programming Language:
Zig
Decorations:
SSD
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Vivarium
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Vivarium
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Vivarium
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License:
GPL-3.0
Type:
Tiling
Programming Language:
C
Decorations:
SSD
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way-cooler (archived)
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way-cooler (archived)
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way-cooler (archived)
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License:
MIT
Type:
tiling
Programming Language:
C, Lua
Decorations:
SSD
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