Sxmo AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Wayland Compositors

The best Wayland Compositor alternative to Sxmo is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Sxmo and many of them are Wayland Compositors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Wayland Compositor alternatives to Sxmo are Sway, niri, Wayfire and Labwc.

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A minimalist Linux smartphone environment that is truly yours to control. Sxmo, or Simple X Mobile, is a collection of simple and suckless X programs and scripts used together to create a fully functional mobile UI adhering...

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Sxmo alternatives page was last updated May 11, 2024
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  1. Hyprland icon
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    Hyprland

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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.

    16 Hyprland alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Slackware
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager
    2.  Compositor
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  Support for Multiple Monitors
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    • Hyprland is the most popular Linux alternative to Sxmo.

    • Hyprland is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Sxmo.

    • Hyprland is Free and Open SourceSxmo is also Free and Open Source
    • Hyprland is Customizable and LightweightSxmo is not according to our users
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    Sway

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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.

    16 Sway alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    3.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    4.  Tiling Layouts
    5.  Tiling
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  4. niri icon
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    niri

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    Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.

    70 niri alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    niri Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
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    Wayfire

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    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.

    16 Wayfire alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD

    Wayfire Features

    1.  Wayland Support
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    Labwc

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    Labwc stands for Lab Wayland Compositor, where lab can mean any of the following:

    16 Labwc alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Wayland Support
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  7. SwayFX icon
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    SwayFX

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    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...

    59 SwayFX alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo Linux
    • Fedora
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Sway
    • FreeBSD
    • Wayland

    SwayFX Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Compositor
    4.  Wayland Support
    5.  OPENGL
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  9. miracle-wm

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    A Wayland compositor based on Mir. It features a tiling window manager at its core, very much in the style of i3 and sway. The intention is to build a compositor that is flashier and more feature-rich than either of those compositors, like swayfx.

    60 miracle-wm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux

    miracle-wm Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
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  10. Waybox

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    An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP).

    16 Waybox alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Openbox
    • Wayland

    Waybox Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    Waybox screenshot 1
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  11. Pinnacle icon
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    Pinnacle

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    Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built in Rust using Smithay. It's my attempt at creating something like AwesomeWM for Wayland.

    57 Pinnacle alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Pinnacle Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Rust
    3.  Wayland Support
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  12. Japokwm icon
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    Japokwm

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    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (forked from dwl) that makes it a breeze to create custom layouts with a simple configuration. 🚀

    60 Japokwm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Tiling
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  13. Polonium icon
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    Polonium

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    An autotile manager for Plasma 6. An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. The descendant of autotile.

    70 Polonium alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Wayland

    Polonium Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Wayland Support
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
    4.  Tiling
    5.  KDE
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  14. dwl

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    dwl is a compact, hackable compositor for Wayland based on wlroots. It is intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that dwm does in X11, primarily in terms of functionality, and secondarily in terms of philosophy. Like dwm, dwl is:

    73 dwl alternatives
    dwl screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    dwl Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Tiling
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