picom Alternatives
picom is described as 'Picom is a standalone compositor for Xorg, suitable for use with window managers that do not provide compositing' and is an app in the OS & Utilities category. There are three alternatives to picom for Linux. The most liked alternative is Compton, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like picom are Xcompmgr (Free, Open Source) and Gala (Free, Open Source).
- Compton is a compositor for X, and a fork of xcompmgr-dana.
- Gala is a window manager / compositing manager and an integral part of Pantheon, the desktop environment of elementary OS.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
Gala is a composing window manager, picom is a composer mainly intended for use with window managers that don't have composing built in.