Compton Alternatives

Compton is described as 'Compositor for X, and a fork of xcompmgr-dana' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are four alternatives to Compton for Linux, BSD, FreeBSD, Qt and Wayland. The best Compton alternative is Wayfire, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Compton are PaperDE, picom and Xcompmgr.

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Wayfire
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Wayfire is a 3D Wayland compositor, inspired by Compiz and based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable and lightweight environment without sacrificing its appearance.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Window Manager
Wayland Compositor
Origin
Bulgaria
EU
Platforms
Linux
FreeBSD
Bulgaria
EU
Good alternative?Is Wayfire a good alternative to Compton?
PaperDE
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A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Linux
Qt
Wayland
+1
Good alternative?Is PaperDE a good alternative to Compton?
P
P
picom
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Picom is a standalone compositor for Xorg, suitable for use with window managers that do not provide compositing. Picom is a fork of compton, which is a fork of xcompmgr-dana, which in turn is a fork of xcompmgr.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
BSD
P
Good alternative?Is picom a good alternative to Compton?
X
X
Xcompmgr
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Xcompmgr is a simple composite manager capable of rendering drop shadows and primitive window transparency. Designed solely as a proof-of-concept, Xcompmgr is a lightweight alternative to Compiz and similar composite managers.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
X
Good alternative?Is Xcompmgr a good alternative to Compton?