Hyprland AlternativesWindow Managers & Wayland Compositors like Hyprland

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   niri

    16 likes

   Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.

   84 niri alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • Russia

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Wayland

   • Russia

   

   

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   Positive comment by hced · Sep 18, 2025

   The scrolling tiles mechanism is superior.

   Positive comment by Guest · Dec 20, 2025

   Niri's config file is easy to configure and well documented. The combination with DankMaterialShell is excellent. The arrangement of windows on top of an infinite screen is awesome. The overview function is really nice.

   By the way, there is also Mango WC which I haven't tested so far, but looks useful too.

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   • niri is Free and Open SourceHyprland is also Free and Open Source
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   Sway

    24 likes

   Sway is a Tiling Wayland Compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Wayland Compositor
   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Linux

   • Global

   

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   Negative comment by SoAndSo · Sep 18, 2023

   Much less fine tuned by default. You will feel harder if you use a third-party configuration tool like Home Manager that doesn't provide tutorial code comments. There's more support for attached apps, though.

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   • Sway is Free and Open SourceHyprland is also Free and Open Source
   • Sway is a Wayland Compositor Hyprland is a Window Manager
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   GlazeWM

    11 likes

   A tiling window manager for Windows inspired by i3 and Polybar.

   37 GlazeWM alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Rust

   

   

   

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   Wayfire

    7 likes

   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

   

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   SwayFX

    3 likes

   Sway is an incredible window manager, and certainly one of the most well established wayland window managers. However, it is restricted to only include the functionality that existed in i3. This fork ditches the simple wlr_renderer, and replaces it with our fx_renderer, capable...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Arch Linux
   • Gentoo Linux
   • Fedora
   • Nix Package Manager
   • Sway
   • FreeBSD
   • Wayland

   

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   river

    4 likes

   Wayland compositor featuring dynamic tiling and Master&Stack layout, offering configuration through riverctl tool with tag system for window management, customizable with rivertile and user layout generators, allowing flexible workspace setup without traditional workspaces.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Window Manager
   • Wayland Compositor

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

   

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   hikari

    2 likes

   hikari [ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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    Waybox

     1 like

    An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Window Manager
    • Wayland Compositor

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Openbox
    • Wayland

    

    

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    Miriway

     2 likes

    Miriway is a starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Wayland Compositor

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    

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    doWM

     1 like

    doWM is a beautiful floating and tiling window manager for X11 completely written in golang.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • X11
    • Linux
    • BSD

    

    

    

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    Gnome Mutter

     1 like

    Mutter is a Wayland display server and X11 window manager and compositor library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Wayland

    

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    Vivarium

     1 like

    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots, with desktop semantics inspired by xmonad.

    78 Vivarium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    

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