Wayfire AlternativesWindow Managers & Wayland Compositors like Wayfire

Wayfire is described as '3D Wayland compositor, inspired by Compiz and based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable and lightweight environment without sacrificing its appearance' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Wayfire for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Arch Linux, Gentoo and FreeBSD apps. The best Wayfire alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Wayfire are Sway, river, niri and Labwc.

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Wayfire is a 3D Wayland compositor, inspired by Compiz and based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable...

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Wayfire alternatives page was last updated Jan 10, 2025
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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.

    20 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 Wayfire

     

    • Hyprland is the most popular Linux alternative to Wayfire.

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

    • Hyprland is Free and Open SourceWayfire is also Free and Open Source
    • Hyprland is Customizable and LightweightWayfire 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    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 Wayfire

     
  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.

    20 river alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    river screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager

    river VS Wayfire

     
  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.

    71 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 Wayfire

     
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    Labwc

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

    20 Labwc alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Labwc screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    Labwc VS Wayfire

     
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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 Wayfire

     
  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 Wayfire

     

  10. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
    miracle-wm screenshot 1

    miracle-wm Features

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

    miracle-wm VS Wayfire

     

  11. Waybox

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    An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP).

    19 Waybox alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Openbox
    • Wayland
    Waybox screenshot 1

    Waybox Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    Waybox VS Wayfire

     
  12. Pinnacle icon

    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    Pinnacle screenshot 1

    Pinnacle Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Rust
    3.  Wayland Support

    Pinnacle VS Wayfire

     
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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. 🚀

    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 Wayfire

     
  14. 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 Wayfire

     
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