Miriway AlternativesWayland Compositors and other similar apps like Miriway

Miriway is described as 'Starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir' and is a wayland compositor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Miriway for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, FreeBSD and Mac apps. The best Miriway alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Miriway are niri, Sway, GlazeWM and awesome.

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  1. Hyprland icon

    Hyprland

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    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.

    25 Hyprland alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Slackware
    • Wayland
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    • Hyprland is the most popular Linux alternative to Miriway.

    • Hyprland is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Miriway.

    • Hyprland is Free and Open SourceMiriway is also Free and Open Source
    • Hyprland is Customizable and LightweightMiriway is not according to our users
  2. niri icon

    niri

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

    76 niri alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  4. Sway icon

    Sway

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    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.

    25 Sway alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. GlazeWM icon

    GlazeWM

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    A tiling window manager for Windows inspired by i3 and Polybar.

    30 GlazeWM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Rust
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    • GlazeWM is the most popular Windows alternative to Miriway.

    • GlazeWM is Free and Open SourceMiriway is also Free and Open Source
    • GlazeWM is LightweightMiriway is not according to our users
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    awesome

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    awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7. Qtile icon

    Qtile

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    A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. river icon

    river

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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. dwm icon

    dwm

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    dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    yabai

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    yabai started as a C99 rewrite of chunkwm, originally supposed to be its first RC version.

    109 yabai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • yabai is the most popular Mac alternative to Miriway.

    • yabai is Free and Open SourceMiriway is also Free and Open Source
    • yabai is CustomizableMiriway is not according to our users
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    SwayFX

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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo Linux
    • Fedora
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Sway
    • FreeBSD
    • Wayland
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  13. Japokwm icon

    Japokwm

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  14. Wayfire icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
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