Compton Alternatives

Compton has been discontinued. Similar apps include Wayfire, which is free and open source. Other options are PaperDE, picom and Xcompmgr. In total there are four Window Managers like Compton for Linux.

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Compton alternatives page was last updated Nov 22, 2024

Wayfire
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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.
37 Wayfire alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Wayland Compositor
Window Manager
Origin
Bulgaria
EU
Platforms
Linux
FreeBSD
Bulgaria
EU
Good alternative?Is Wayfire a good alternative to Compton?
PaperDE
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A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Linux
Qt
Wayland
+1
Good alternative?Is PaperDE a good alternative to Compton?
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P
picom
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Picom is a standalone compositor for Xorg, suitable for use with window managers that do not provide compositing. Picom is a fork of compton, which is a fork of xcompmgr-dana, which in turn is a fork of xcompmgr.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
BSD
P
Good alternative?Is picom a good alternative to Compton?
X
X
Xcompmgr
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Xcompmgr is a simple composite manager capable of rendering drop shadows and primitive window transparency. Designed solely as a proof-of-concept, Xcompmgr is a lightweight alternative to Compiz and similar composite managers.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
X
Good alternative?Is Xcompmgr a good alternative to Compton?