Hyprland Alternatives

Hyprland is described as 'An independent tiling Wayland compositor written in C++. Noteworthy features of Hyprland include dynamic tiling, tabbed windows, a clean and readable C++ code-base, and a custom renderer that provides window animations, rounded corners, and Dual-Kawase Blur on transparent windows' and is a popular Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Hyprland for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Mac, X11 and BSD apps. The best Hyprland alternative is niri, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Hyprland are Sway, GlazeWM, Wayfire and SwayFX.

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    dwl

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    dwl is a compact, hackable compositor for Wayland based on wlroots. It is intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that dwm does in X11, primarily in terms of functionality, and secondarily in terms of philosophy. Like dwm, dwl is:

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
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    miracle-wm

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    A Wayland compositor based on Mir. It features a tiling window manager at its core, very much in the style of i3 and sway. The intention is to build a compositor that is flashier and more feature-rich than either of those compositors, like swayfx.

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
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    Cardboard (Wayland compositor)

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    Cardboard is a unique, scrollable tiling Wayland compositor designed with laptops in mind. Based on wlroots.

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  5. Japokwm icon

    Japokwm

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    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (forked from dwl) that makes it a breeze to create custom layouts with a simple configuration. 🚀

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Japokwm screenshot 1
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    Polonium

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    An autotile manager for Plasma 6. An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. The descendant of autotile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Wayland
    Polonium screenshot 1
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  9. R

    Rift

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    Rift is a tiling window manager for macOS that focuses on performance and usability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    Rift screenshot 1
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    MouseTiler

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    The fastest, simplest tiler for KDE Plasma 6+ that gives you full freedom at your fingertip. No need to remember dozens of keyboard shortcuts or be limited by a fixed tile layout.

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
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    Pinnacle

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    Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built in Rust using Smithay. It's my attempt at creating something like AwesomeWM for Wayland.

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
    Pinnacle screenshot 1
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    chadwm

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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • IN flagIndia
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    ScrollWM

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    i3-compatible Wayland compositor (sway) with a PaperWM layout like niri or hyprscroller.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Global
    ScrollWM screenshot 1
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    hyprmac

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    Windows that place themselves. A tiling window manager for macOS in the shape of Hyprland — native Swift, no dependencies, SIP stays on.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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