The best open source alternative to Compiz is KDE Plasma. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Compiz and 14 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Compiz are Cinnamon, Wayland, KWin and Budgie.
Plasma is a cross-device work environment by the KDE Community where trust is put on the user's capacity to best define their own workflow and preferences.
Wayland is a project to define a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a library implementation of the protocol.
The Budgie Desktop is a feature-rich, modern desktop designed to keep out the way of the user. It consists of a number of components to provide a more complete desktop experience.
The X.Org project provides an open source implementation of the X Window System. The development work is being done in conjunction with the freedesktop.org community. The X.Org Foundation is the educational non-profit corporation whose Board serves this effort, and whose Members...
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.
Xfwm4 is the window manager for Xfce. Xfwm4 can be run stand-alone, but if used this way, the Xfce Settings Manager will be required as a GUI to make configuration changes.
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