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  1. nwg-wrapper icon
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    This program is a GTK3-based wrapper to display a script output, or a text file content on the desktop in sway or other wlroots-based compositors. It uses the gtk-layer-shell library to place the window on the bottom layer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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    16 alternatives
  2. Pinnacle icon
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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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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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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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    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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  5. nwg-clipman icon
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    GTK3-based GUI for Senan Kelly's cliphist. It provides access to previously copied items, as well as management of the clipboard history from a window opened on gtk-layer-shell.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Python
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    mako is a lightweight notification daemon for Wayland compositors that support the layer-shell protocol.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Sway
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    Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM. While it is not a drop-in replacement for StumpWM, StumpWM users should be very comfortable with Mahogany. Its planned features are:

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    56 alternatives
  8. Likely the fastest, least user-friendly, and worst named Wayland wallpaper utility possible. Requires for zwlr_layer_shell_v1 and wp_viewporter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    2 alternatives
  9. Application launcher, developed with sway and Hyprland in mind, but should also work with other wlroots-based Wayland compositors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  10. simple clipboard manager for Wayland, built in Rust. It saves a history of your clipboard content, and lets you paste things you've copied earlier. It also lets you configure "favorite" pastes for strings you need often.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Rust
    50 alternatives
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    Native macOS compositor in Rust for seamless streaming and display of Linux apps via Wayland protocol, supporting OpenGL, HiDPI, decorations, and zero virtualization overhead.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Wayland
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    42 alternatives