Miriway AlternativesWayland Compositors and other similar apps like Miriway

Apps similar to Miriway include Hyprland, which is free and open source. Other options are niri, GlazeWM, Sway and Cardboard (Wayland compositor). You're spoiled for choice with Window Managers like Miriway: we list more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Hyprland icon
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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.

    38 Hyprland alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Slackware
    • Wayland
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  2. niri icon
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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.

    87 niri alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  3. Sway icon
     24 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.

    58 Sway alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
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  4. Cardboard is a unique, scrollable tiling Wayland compositor designed with laptops in mind. Based on wlroots.

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  5. awesome icon
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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.

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  6. Qtile icon
     8 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. Wayfire icon
     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.

    36 Wayfire alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
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  8. river icon
     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.

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    • Linux
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  9. yabai icon
     7 likes

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

    134 yabai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. MangoWM icon
     1 like

    Practical and powerful Wayland compositor (dwm but wayland).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Wayland
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  11. Japokwm icon
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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. 🚀

    75 Japokwm alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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