Hyprland AlternativesWindow Managers & Wayland Compositors like Hyprland

Hyprland is described as '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' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Hyprland for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, X11, Mac and FreeBSD apps. The best Hyprland alternative is niri, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Hyprland are Sway, GlazeWM, Wayfire and SwayFX.

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  1. niri icon

    niri

     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.

    78 niri alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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    Comments about niri as an Alternative to Hyprland
    hced
    Positive
    0

    The scrolling tiles mechanism is superior.

    Guest
    Positive
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    Niri's config file is easy to configure and well documented. The combination with DankMaterialShell is excellent. The arrangement of windows on top of an infinite screen is awesome. The overview function is really nice.

    By the way, there is also Mango WC which I haven't tested so far, but looks useful too.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • niri is Free and Open SourceHyprland is also Free and Open Source
    • niri is Privacy focusedHyprland is not according to our users
  2. Sway icon

    Sway

     22 likes

    Sway is a Tiling Wayland Compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.

    15 Sway alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Comments about Sway as an Alternative to Hyprland
    SoAndSo
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    Much less fine tuned by default. You will feel harder if you use a third-party configuration tool like Home Manager that doesn't provide tutorial code comments. There's more support for attached apps, though.

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    • Sway is Free and Open SourceHyprland is also Free and Open Source
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    Wayfire

     7 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
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    SwayFX

     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
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  7. river icon

    river

     4 likes

    Wayland compositor featuring dynamic tiling and Master&Stack layout, offering configuration through riverctl tool with tag system for window management, customizable with rivertile and user layout generators, allowing flexible workspace setup without traditional workspaces.

    Cost / License

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    • Linux
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    hikari

     2 likes

    hikari [ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux.

    81 hikari alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Miriway

     1 like

    Miriway is a starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir.

    41 Miriway alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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    doWM

     1 like

    doWM is a beautiful floating and tiling window manager for X11 completely written in golang.

    54 doWM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • X11
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Japokwm

     2 likes

    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (forked from dwl) that makes it a breeze to create custom layouts with a simple configuration. 🚀

    69 Japokwm alternatives

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    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    dwl

     1 like

    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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