ScrollWM Alternatives

ScrollWM is described as 'I3-compatible Wayland compositor (sway) with a PaperWM layout like niri or hyprscroller' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are eight alternatives to ScrollWM for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, FreeBSD, Wayland and Arch Linux apps. The best ScrollWM alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ScrollWM are i3, Wayfire, bspwm and Sway.

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  1. Hyprland icon
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    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.

    31 Hyprland alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Slackware
    • Wayland
     
  2. i3 icon
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    i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager with clean, readable and documented code, featuring extended Xinerama support, usage of libxcb instead of xlib and several improvements over wmii.

    85 i3 alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. Wayfire icon
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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)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
  4. bspwm icon
     13 likes

    A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning.

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    • Linux
     
  5. Sway icon
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    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.

    53 Sway alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. SwayFX icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo Linux
    • Fedora
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Sway
    • FreeBSD
    • Wayland
     
  7. dwm icon
     24 likes

    dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.

    84 dwm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. StumpWM icon
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    StumpWM is a tiling, keyboard driven X11 Window Manager written and scriptable in Common Lisp. StumpWM attempts to be customizable yet visually minimal. There are no window decorations, no icons, and no buttons.

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    • Linux
     
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