Wayfire Alternatives

Wayfire is described as '3D Wayland compositor, inspired by Compiz and based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable and lightweight environment without sacrificing its appearance' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Wayfire for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Mac, BSD and Arch Linux apps. The best Wayfire alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Wayfire are niri, Sway, GlazeWM and ScrollWM.

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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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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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    paneru

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    A scrollable, tiling window manager for MacOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    paneru screenshot 1
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  5. C

    chadwm

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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • IN flagIndia
    chadwm screenshot 1
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  6. yashiki icon

    yashiki

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    macOS tiling window manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    yashiki screenshot 1
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  8. OmniWM icon

    OmniWM

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    MacOS Niri and Hyprland inspired tiling window manager that's developer signed and notorized (safe for managed enterprise environments). Aiming for parity and extra innovation.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. MangoWM icon

    MangoWM

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    Practical and powerful Wayland compositor (dwm but wayland).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Wayland
    MangoWM screenshot 1
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  10. Cocoa-Way icon

    Cocoa-Way

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    Native macOS Wayland compositor in Rust using Smithay, providing seamless Linux app streaming and display with OpenGL rendering, HiDPI Retina support, hardware acceleration, polished UI, server-side decorations, direct Wayland protocol, and zero VM overhead.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Wayland
    Cocoa-Way screenshot 1
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  11. S

    Superior X Window Manager

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    Window manager for X inspired by DWM, i3, and other tiling window managers. Windows are assigned to tags, and are automatically arranged on the screen in a stacked layout making the most of your monitor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
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  12. sxwm icon

    sxwm

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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    sxwm screenshot 1
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