Hyprland is a tiling Wayland compositor with dynamic tiling and a custom renderer, documented in the ArchWiki.
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Sway is an i3-compatible tiling compositor for Wayland, documented in the ArchWiki.
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This ArchWiki page documents Sway, a tiling Wayland compositor designed to work with existing i3 configuration and support most i3 features. It covers installation with the sway package, starting from the console, TTY login or a display manager, configuration file setup, keyboard input settings, and use of swaybar with scripts or i3status. It notes limits including lack of support for proprietary graphics drivers, with a workaround for NVIDIA after driver version 495, and incomplete tray icon support in swaybar. It also describes optional tools such as swaylock, swayidle and swaybg for screen locking, idle management and wallpapers.
Pricing is not clearly stated.
Key features
- Update wlroots when updating sway due to tight dependencies
- Explains seat access through systemd-logind with polkit or seatd
- Lists wmenu as default launcher and foot as default terminal
- Configures display outputs for mode, position, scale and wallpaper
Best for: Arch Linux users who use i3 and want documentation for installing and configuring Sway on Wayland.
Arch Wiki at a glance
- Category
- Software & Utilities › Desktop Customization
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Details verified
- Oct 23, 2026 · Official source
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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