Sway Alternatives

Sway is described as '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' and is a wayland compositor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Sway for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Mac, BSD and Windows apps. The best Sway alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sway are i3, GlazeWM, SwayFX and awesome.

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  1. sxwm icon
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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

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    • Linux
    • X11
     
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    A scrollable, tiling window manager for MacOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
     
  3. Window manager for X inspired by DWM, i3, and other tiling window managers. Windows are assigned to tags, and are automatically arranged on the screen in a stacked layout making the most of your monitor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
     
  4. Cocoa-Way icon
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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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Wayland
     
  5. OmniWM icon
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    MacOS Niri and Hyprland inspired tiling window manager that's developer signed and notorized (safe for managed enterprise environments). Aiming for parity and extra innovation.

    45 OmniWM alternatives

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    • Mac
     
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