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niri

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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Cost / License

Application type

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Wayland

Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Tiling Window Manager
  2.  Rust
  3.  No Tracking
  4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Works Offline
  7.  No registration required
  8.  Wayland Support
  9.  Compositor
  10.  Blur Filter

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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

niri information

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GitHub repository

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  •  1,098 Forks
  •  475 Open Issues
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