Way Cooler AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Wayland Compositors

The best Wayland Compositor alternative to Way Cooler is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Way Cooler and 11 are Wayland Compositors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Wayland Compositor alternatives to Way Cooler are Sway, river, niri and Wayfire.

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

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Way Cooler alternatives page was last updated Nov 9, 2024
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  1. Hyprland icon

    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Slackware
    Screenshot of a preconfigured setup

    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

    Hyprland VS Way Cooler

     

    • Hyprland is the most popular Linux alternative to Way Cooler.

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

    • Hyprland is Free and Open SourceWay Cooler is also Free and Open Source
    • Hyprland is Customizable and LightweightWay Cooler is not according to our users
  2. Sway icon

    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Sway screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    Sway VS Way Cooler

     
  4. river icon

    river

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    Wayland compositor featuring dynamic tiling and Master&Stack layout, offering configuration through riverctl tool with tag system for window management, customizable with rivertile and user layout generators, allowing flexible workspace setup without traditional workspaces.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    river screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager

    river VS Way Cooler

     
  5. niri icon

    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    niri screenshot 1

    niri Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Tiling Window Manager

    niri VS Way Cooler

     
  6. Wayfire icon

    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • BG flagBulgaria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    Wayfire screenshot 1

    Wayfire Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    Wayfire VS Way Cooler

     
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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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo Linux
    • Fedora
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Sway
    • FreeBSD
    • Wayland
    SwayFX screenshot 1

    SwayFX Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Compositor
    4.  Wayland Support
    5.  OPENGL

    SwayFX VS Way Cooler

     
  9. Miriway icon

    Miriway

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    Miriway is a starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Miriway Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    Miriway VS Way Cooler

     
  10. Polonium icon

    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Wayland
    Polonium screenshot 1

    Polonium Features

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

    Polonium VS Way Cooler

     

  11. 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:

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    dwl screenshot 1

    dwl Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Tiling

    dwl VS Way Cooler

     
  12. Japokwm icon

    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. 🚀

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Japokwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Tiling

    Japokwm VS Way Cooler

     

  13. Cagebreak

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    A Wayland Tiling Compositor Inspired by Ratpoison.

    56 Cagebreak alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Cagebreak Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager
    2.  Compositor

    Cagebreak VS Way Cooler

     
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