river (Wayland compositor) Alternatives

river (Wayland compositor) is described as 'Dynamic tiling wayland compositor inspired by dwm and bspwm written in Zig. The default layout is Master&Stack. Supports gaps and XWayland' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to river (Wayland compositor) for Linux, BSD, Mac and FreeBSD. The best alternative is awesome, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like river (Wayland compositor) are Sway, dwm, Xmonad and Wayfire.

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river (Wayland compositor)

Free • Open Source
Linux

Dynamic tiling wayland compositor inspired by dwm and bspwm written in Zig. The default layout is Master&Stack....

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awesome
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
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45 alternatives to awesome
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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X server
Tiling
Extensible window manager
Sway
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
42 alternatives to Sway
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.
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Sway Features
1. Support for Multiple MonitorsSway supports the use of multiple displays.
Wayland Support
Tiling Window Manager
Tiling Layouts
Tiling
dwm
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
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BSD
34 alternatives to dwm
dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.
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dwm Features
1. Lightweightdwm consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
X server
Xmonad
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
Linux
42 alternatives to Xmonad
xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half your time aligning and searching for windows. xmonad makes work easier, by automating this.
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Xmonad Features
X server
Tiling
Extensible window manager
Wayfire
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
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FreeBSD
43 alternatives to Wayfire
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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Wayfire Features
Wayland Support
yabai
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
66 alternatives to yabai
yabai started as a C99 rewrite of chunkwm, originally supposed to be its first RC version.
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yabai Features
Customizable
Automatic window tiling
Tiling Layouts
Tiling Window Manager
Tiling
Qtile
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
40 alternatives to Qtile
A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python.
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Qtile Features
1. Support for Multiple MonitorsQtile supports the use of multiple displays.
2. Support for scriptingQtile supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
3. Command line interfaceQtile either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Tiling
Extensible window manager
Hyprland
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
40 alternatives to Hyprland
Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor based on wlroots that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.
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Hyprland Features
1. LightweightHyprland consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Support for scriptingHyprland supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Tiling Window Manager
Customizable
Compositor
Vivarium
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
40 alternatives to Vivarium
A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots, with desktop semantics inspired by xmonad.
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Vivarium Features
Wayland Support
Tiling
Tiling Window Manager
StumpWM
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
41 alternatives to StumpWM
StumpWM is a tiling, keyboard driven X11 Window Manager written and scriptable in Common Lisp. StumpWM attempts to be customizable yet visually minimal. There are no window decorations, no icons, and no buttons.
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StumpWM Features
1. Support for scriptingStumpWM supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Extensible window manager
Tiling Layouts
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