hikari Alternatives

hikari is described as '[ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to hikari for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Mac, BSD and Windows apps. The best hikari alternative is GNOME, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like hikari are Hyprland, Sway, niri and COSMIC.

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  1. Way Cooler is a tiling Wayland window manager, written in Rust, configurable using Lua, and extendable with D-Bus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Weston is a Wayland compositor designed for correctness, reliability, predictability, and performance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. 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.

    51 Superior X Window Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
     
  4. MagmaWM icon
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    A versatile and customizable window manager / Wayland compositor, currently in development and actively seeking contributions from the community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  5.  Like

    A Wayland compositor.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
     
  6. sxwm icon
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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
     
  7. StumpWM icon
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    StumpWM is a tiling, keyboard driven X11 Window Manager written and scriptable in Common Lisp. StumpWM attempts to be customizable yet visually minimal. There are no window decorations, no icons, and no buttons.

    64 StumpWM alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. PaperWM icon
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    PaperWM is an experimental Gnome Shell extension providing scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It's inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. Supports Gnome Shell 3.28 and 3.30 on X11 and wayland.

    50 PaperWM alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
  9. strataWM icon
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    Strata is a cutting-edge, robust and sleek Wayland compositor written in Rust using the Smithay library. It is designed to be minimal and flexible yet customizable. Strata is configured in Lua, a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
  10. A Wayland Tiling Compositor Inspired by Ratpoison.

    54 Cagebreak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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