SwayFX Alternatives

SwayFX is described as 'Sway is an incredible window manager, and certainly one of the most well established wayland window managers. However, it is restricted to only include the functionality that existed in i3. This fork ditches the simple wlr_renderer, and replaces it with our fx_renderer, capable' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to SwayFX for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Wayland, Mac and Windows apps. The best SwayFX alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SwayFX are niri, Sway, i3 and GlazeWM.

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  1. Xlambda icon
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    Xlambda is an X window manager that is extensible in Guile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  2. 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
     
  3. Cortile icon
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    Linux auto tiling manager with hot corner support for Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfwm, KWin, Marco, Muffin, Mutter and other EWMH compliant window managers using the X11 window system.

    49 Cortile alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. PaperWM icon
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    PaperWM is an experimental Gnome Shell extension providing scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It's inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. Supports Gnome Shell 3.28 and 3.30 on X11 and wayland.

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    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. A Wayland Tiling Compositor Inspired by Ratpoison.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  7. 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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    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Wayland
     
  8. subtle is a manual tiling window manager with a rather uncommon approach of tiling: Instead of relying on predefined layouts, subtle divides the screen into a grid with customizeable slots (called gravities).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Way Cooler is a tiling Wayland window manager, written in Rust, configurable using Lua, and extendable with D-Bus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. yashiki icon
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    macOS tiling window manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
     
  11. sxwm icon
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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

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    • Linux
    • X11
     
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