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  1. Hyprland icon
     37 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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Slackware
    • Wayland
    Screenshot of a preconfigured setup
    Hyprland screenshot 1
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    26 alternatives
  2. niri icon
     10 likes

    Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    niri screenshot 1
    niri screenshot 1
    77 alternatives
  3. Cairo-Dock icon
     83 likes

    Animated and customizable dock for Linux desktops offering hardware acceleration, multi-docks, taskbar integration, launchers, and detachable applets as widgets.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    Cairo-Dock screenshot 1
    49 alternatives
  4.  2 likes

    mpvpaper is a wallpaper program for wlroots based wayland compositors, such as sway. That allows you to play videos with mpv as your wallpaper.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
    • mpv
    mpvpaper screenshot 1
    1 alternatives
  5. Wayback icon
     2 likes

    Wayback is an experimental X compatibility layer which allows for running full X desktop environments using Wayland components. It is essentially a stub compositor which provides just enough Wayland capabilities to host a rootful Xwayland server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
    • Wayland
  6.  2 likes

    Adjust the color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings. This may help your eyes hurt less if you are working in front of the screen at night.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    52 alternatives
  7.  2 likes

    Day/night gamma adjustments for Wayland compositors supporting wlr-gamma-control

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    52 alternatives
  8. 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
    SwayFX screenshot 1
    66 alternatives
  9. DMS icon
     1 like

    Desktop shell for wayland compositors built with Quickshell & GO, optimized for niri, hyprland, sway, MangoWC, and labwc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    DMS screenshot 1
    Dank Greeter

An aesthetically pleasing greetd greeter for your desktop.
    Dank Dash
Media controls, weather, calendar, and system info at a glance.
    +4
    Control Center
Fully configurable system settings and quick toggles.
    31 alternatives
  10. Ewwii icon
     1 like

    Ewwii is a flexible, resource-efficient, and scriptable widget system that integrates seamlessly with any programming language, letting developers build powerful interfaces quickly.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Linux
    • GTK
    • Wayland
    • Nix Package Manager
    https://github.com/Ewwii-sh/astatine-dots
    https://github.com/BinaryHarbinger/binarydots/
    19 alternatives
  11.  1 like

    graphical logout/suspend/reboot/shutdown dialog for wayland. It is inspired by oblogout.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
    waylogout screenshot 1
    3 alternatives
  12.  1 like

    A flexible logout application for Wayland with Material You theming support. Departure provides a modern, customizable logout interface with buttons, blur effects, and support for multiple theming systems including pywal, matugen, and manual colors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Rust
    • GTK
    departure screenshot 1
    3 alternatives