Hyprland is a tiling Wayland compositor with dynamic tiling and a custom renderer, documented in the ArchWiki.
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dwm vs Hyprland
How do dwm and Hyprland compare? Here are the facts side by side: pricing, platforms, open-source status and what each one is for.
| Directory detail | dwm | Hyprland |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Manage windows on X11 with dwm, a dynamic window manager from suckless.org with customization information. | Hyprland provides dynamic tiling and Wayland features through a compositor with plugin support. |
| Website | ||
| Type | Website | Website |
| Topic | ||
| Pricing | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Platforms | Web, Windows | Linux, Web |
| Open source | Not stated | Not stated |
| Language | — | English |
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24 alternativesThese dotfiles configure Hyprland with a dynamic tiling setup for Arch Linux and Fedora.
Open source
24 alternativesThe ArchWiki explains window managers and links to a comparison of tiling window managers.
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