This article focuses on tiling Wayland compositors. We only feature free and open source software in this roundup.
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Category: Desktop
Volare – Wayland compositor
Volare is a tabbed, tiling Wayland compositor written in the C language
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Proslenkey – application launcher
Proslenkey is a lightweight GTK4 application launcher for Wayland.
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zlaunch – application launcher and window switcher
zlaunch is a fast application launcher and window switcher for Linux Wayland, built with GPUI.
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Orbitiny Desktop – modern looking desktop environment
Orbitiny Desktop is a portable, innovative and traditional but modern looking desktop environment for Linux.
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24 Best Free and Open Source Stacking Window Managers
Stacking window managers (also known as floating window managers) draw all windows in a specific order, allowing them to overlap.
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Wardrobe – prettify your desktop
Wardrobe is a utility for installing community-made Gnome Shell, GTK3/4, icon, and cursor themes as well as wallpapers.
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fht-compositor – dynamic tiling Wayland compositor
fht-compositor is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that implements a window management model inspired by X11 window managers such as dwm and xmonad.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Compositing Window Managers
A compositing window manager, or compositor, is a window manager that provides applications with an off-screen buffer for each window.
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Stryde – application launcher
Stryde is an application launcher that’s in an early stage of development.
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DankMaterialShell – desktop shell
DankMaterialShell is a complete desktop shell for niri, Hyprland, MangoWC, Sway, labwc, and other Wayland compositors.
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hyprdrover – lightweight session manager for the Hyprland compositor
hyprdrover allows users to snapshot their current window layout (workspaces, positions, and sizes) and restore it later.
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Plank Reloaded – lightweight, customizable Linux dock
Plank Reloaded is a fork of the original Plank project, providing a simple dock for X11 desktop environments.
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MangoWC – Wayland compositor
MangoWC is as lightweight as dwl, and can be built completely within a few seconds. Despite this, Mango does not compromise on functionality.
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dtsl – Dustin’s Simple TUI Launcher
dtsl is a fast, keyboard-driven application launcher for the terminal with fuzzy search and extensive theming support.
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hypr-cycle – cycle through workspaces on the currently focused monitor in Hyprland
hypr-cycle is a fast, minimal Rust utility to cycle through workspaces on the currently focused monitor in Hyprland.
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fsel – fast TUI app launcher and fuzzy finder
fsel is a fast TUI app launcher and fuzzy finder for Linux and *BSD.
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Noctalia – minimal desktop shell for Wayland
Noctalia is billed as a beautiful, minimal desktop shell for Wayland that actually gets out of your way.
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Mending Wall – fixes common problems when using more than one desktop environment
Mending Wall is a Linux application to fix issues when hopping between multiple desktop environments.
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Vicinae – native launcher for the desktop
Vicinae is a high-performance, native launcher for your desktop — built with C++ and Qt.
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