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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.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

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Country of Origin

  • RU flagRussia

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Wayland
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Rust
  2.  Tiling Window Manager

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niri information

  • Developed by

    RU flagIvan Molodetskikh

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.

  • Written in

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  9,605 Stars
  •  346 Forks
  •  246 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jul 14, 2025 
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What is niri?

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

Every monitor has its own separate window strip. Windows can never "overflow" onto an adjacent monitor.

Workspaces are dynamic and arranged vertically. Every monitor has an independent set of workspaces, and there's always one empty workspace present all the way down.

The workspace arrangement is preserved across disconnecting and connecting monitors where it makes sense. When a monitor disconnects, its workspaces will move to another monitor, but upon reconnection they will move back to the original monitor.

Features

  • Scrollable tiling
  • Dynamic workspaces like in GNOME
  • Built-in screenshot UI
  • Monitor screencasting through xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
    • You can block out sensitive windows from screencasts
  • Touchpad gestures
  • Configurable layout: gaps, borders, struts, window sizes
  • Animations
  • Live-reloading config

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