ScrollWM Alternatives

ScrollWM is described as 'I3-compatible Wayland compositor (sway) with a PaperWM layout like niri or hyprscroller' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are three alternatives to ScrollWM for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, openSUSE, Arch Linux and Gentoo apps. The best ScrollWM alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ScrollWM are i3 and Sway.

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  1. Hyprland icon
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    An independent tiling Wayland compositor written in C++. Noteworthy features of Hyprland include dynamic tiling, tabbed windows, a clean and readable C++ code-base, and a custom renderer that provides window animations, rounded corners, and Dual-Kawase Blur on transparent windows.

    31 Hyprland alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Slackware
    • Wayland
     
  2. i3 icon
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    i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager with clean, readable and documented code, featuring extended Xinerama support, usage of libxcb instead of xlib and several improvements over wmii.

    84 i3 alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. Sway icon
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    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.

    52 Sway alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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