miracle-wm is a hackable Wayland compositor built on Mir.
It brings keyboard-driven tiling window management to Wayland, combining the efficiency of i3 and Sway with animations, extensibility, and a modern configuration system.
The compositor supports manual tiling, floating windows, multi-monitor setups, hot-reloadable configuration, and an i3/Sway-compatible IPC layer. Its WebAssembly plugin system lets users extend or override behaviour without modifying the compositor’s C++ code.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Wayland compositor built on Mir
- Manual tiling with horizontal, vertical, tabbed, and stacked layouts
- Floating and tiled windows in the same workspace
- Smooth window, resize, move, and workspace animations
- WebAssembly plugin system for extending compositor behaviour
- i3/Sway-compatible IPC with support for tools such as swaymsg and Waybar
- Hot-reloadable YAML configuration
- Multi-monitor support with configurable workspaces
- Built-in accessibility features including magnifier, slow keys, sticky keys, and cursor configuration
Website: github.com/miracle-wm-org/miracle-wm
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Developer: miracle-wm-org
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
miracle-wm is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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