picom Alternatives

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   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.

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   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Wayland Compositor
   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • Bulgaria
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • FreeBSD

   • Bulgaria
   • EU

   

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   PaperDE

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   A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Qt
   • Wayland

   

   

   

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   Gala

    3 likes

   Gala is a window manager / compositing manager and an integral part of Pantheon, the desktop environment of elementary OS.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   Gala vs picom Comments

   Negative comment by Guest · Sep 12, 2020

   Gala is a composing window manager, picom is a composer mainly intended for use with window managers that don't have composing built in.

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   • Gala is Free and Open Sourcepicom is also Free and Open Source
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   Compton

    6 likes

   Compton is a compositor for X, and a fork of xcompmgr-dana.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   Xcompmgr

    3 likes

   Xcompmgr is a simple composite manager capable of rendering drop shadows and primitive window transparency. Designed solely as a proof-of-concept, Xcompmgr is a lightweight alternative to Compiz and similar composite managers.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux

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