Way Cooler Alternatives

Way Cooler is described as 'Tiling Wayland window manager, written in Rust, configurable using Lua, and extendable with D-Bus' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Way Cooler for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Mac, Wayland and Windows apps. The best Way Cooler alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Way Cooler are i3, Openbox, Sway and awesome.

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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. 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

     
  2. dwm icon

    dwm

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    dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.

    73 dwm alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    dwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Keyboard focused

    Features

    1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    2.  X server

    dwm VS Way Cooler

     
  4. Xmonad icon

    Xmonad

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    xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half your time aligning and searching for windows. xmonad makes work easier, by automating this.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Xmonad screenshot 1

    Xmonad Features

    1.  X server
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Extensible window manager

    Xmonad VS Way Cooler

     
  5. yabai icon

    yabai

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    yabai started as a C99 rewrite of chunkwm, originally supposed to be its first RC version.

    98 yabai alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NO flagNorway

    Platforms

    • Mac
    yabai screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Automatic window tiling
    2.  Tiling Layouts
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
    4.  Tiling

    yabai 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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    spectrwm

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    spectrwm is a small dynamic tiling window manager for X11. It tries to stay out of the way so that valuable screen real estate can be used for much more important stuff. It has sane defaults and does not require one to learn a language to do any configuration.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    spectrwm screenshot 1

    spectrwm VS Way Cooler

     
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    wmii

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    wmii is a small, dynamic window manager for X11. It is scriptable, has a 9p filesystem interface and supports classic and tiling (acme-like) window management. It aims to maintain a small and clean (read hackable and beautiful) codebase.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    wmii screenshot 1

    wmii Features

    1.  Tiling
    2.  X server

    wmii VS Way Cooler

     
  10. JWM icon

    JWM

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    JWM is a light-weight window manager for the X11 Window System. JWM is written in C and uses only Xlib at a minimum. Because of its small footprint, JWM makes a good window manager for older computers and less powerful systems, such as the .

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    JWM screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    JWM VS Way Cooler

     
  11. SwayFX icon

    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

     
  12. LeftWM icon

    LeftWM

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    Left is a tiling window manager written in rust for stability and performance. The core of left is designed to do one thing and one thing well. Be a window manager. Because you probably want more than just a black screen LeftWM is built around the concept of theming.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    LeftWM screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    3.  X server

    LeftWM VS Way Cooler

     
  13. 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

     
  14. Komorebi Window Manager icon

    Komorebi Window Manager

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    komorebi is a tiling window manager that works as an extension to Microsoft's Desktop Window Manager in Windows 10 and above.

    74 Komorebi Window Manager alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Komorebi Window Manager screenshot 1

    Komorebi Window Manager Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Tiling Window Manager

    Komorebi Window Manager VS Way Cooler

     

    • Komorebi Window Manager is the most popular Windows alternative to Way Cooler.

    • Komorebi Window Manager is Free and Open SourceWay Cooler is also Free and Open Source
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