cosmic-comp is the Wayland compositor for the COSMIC desktop environment. Written in Rust and built on Smithay
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Wallaby-VK – virtual on-screen keyboard
Wallaby-VK is a virtual on-screen keyboard for Linux systems with Wayland support.
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26 Best Free and Open Source Tiling Wayland Compositors
This article focuses on tiling Wayland compositors. We only feature free and open source software in this roundup.
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Rootlink – native Linux/Wayland file manager
Rootlink focuses on fast folder browsing, keyboard-first navigation, right-click file actions, and desktop clipboard integration.
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IonWL – manual tiling Wayland compositor
IonWL is a manual tiling Wayland compositor inspired by Ion3 and Notion. It aims to bring Ion-style frame-based window management to Wayland.
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CwC – extensible Wayland compositor
CwC is an extensible Wayland compositor with dynamic window management based on wlroots.
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doors – Wayland compositor based on bspwm
doors is a Wayland compositor based on bspwm. It offers floating, tiling, and scrolling layouts.
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scroll – i3-compatible Wayland compositor forked from sway
scroll is an i3-compatible Wayland compositor forked from sway. It replaces traditional tiling layouts with a scrolling layout.
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Pinnacle – Wayland compositor built using Smithay
Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built using Smithay which seeks inspiration from AwesomeWM.
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miracle-wm – hackable Wayland compositor
miracle-wm is a hackable Wayland compositor built on Mir. It brings keyboard-driven tiling window management to Wayland.
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wayshot – screenshot tool for wayland compositors
wayshot is a native screenshot utility for Wayland systems that target wlroots-based compositors such as sway and river.
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Icebg – Wayland wallpaper setter
Icebg is a lightweight wallpaper setter for Wayland compositors.
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Aurora – modern, native GUI package manager for Arch Linux
Aurora is a graphical package manager for Arch Linux designed to provide a modern interface.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Stacking Wayland Compositors
This article focuses on stacking Wayland compositors. Only free and open source software is included in this article.
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Otto – stacking window manager
Otto is a visually focused desktop system and Wayland compositor designed around smooth animations, gestures, and spatial interaction.
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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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Ianny – prevent repetitive strain injuries
Ianny is a simple, lightweight, easy to use, and effective Linux Wayland desktop utility that helps with preventing repetitive strain injuries
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Waytermirror – real-time Wayland screen mirroring to a terminal
Waytermirror offers real-time Wayland screen mirroring to a terminal using Unicode braille characters, half‑blocks, ASCII
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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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