river Alternatives

river is described as 'Dynamic tiling Wayland compositor built in Zig with Master&Stack layout, tag-based window organization, and XWayland compatibility' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to river for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Mac, FreeBSD and Gentoo apps. The best river alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like river are niri, Sway, GlazeWM and Cardboard (Wayland compositor).

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  2. sxwm icon

    sxwm

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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

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    • Linux
    • X11
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  4. Cocoa-Way icon

    Cocoa-Way

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    Native macOS Wayland compositor in Rust using Smithay, providing seamless Linux app streaming and display with OpenGL rendering, HiDPI Retina support, hardware acceleration, polished UI, server-side decorations, direct Wayland protocol, and zero VM overhead.

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    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Wayland
    Cocoa-Way screenshot 1
     
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