ScrollWM AlternativesWindow Managers & Wayland Compositors like ScrollWM

ScrollWM is described as 'I3-compatible Wayland compositor (sway) with a PaperWM layout like niri or hyprscroller' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are nine 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 Sway, bspwm, i3 and Wayfire.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Alternatives
Get a badge for your siteScrollWM alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Hyprland icon
     52 likes

    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.

    35 Hyprland alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Slackware
    • Wayland
    Good alternative?
     
  2. Sway icon
     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 type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
  3. bspwm icon
     12 likes

    A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
  4. i3 icon
     73 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Good alternative?
     
  5. Wayfire icon
     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 type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    Good alternative?
     
  6. river icon
     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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
  7. SwayFX icon
     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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo Linux
    • Fedora
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Sway
    • FreeBSD
    • Wayland
    Good alternative?
     
  8. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Good alternative?
     
  9. StumpWM icon
     Like

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
9 of 9 ScrollWM alternatives