river separates the Wayland compositor from the window manager, allowing a compatible manager to be chosen.
Mango
Mango provides a Wayland compositor built on dwl and includes several window layouts.
About Mango
Mango is a Wayland compositor built on dwl. It organizes windows with tags instead of workspaces, with each tag keeping its own layout, and includes scroller, master-stack, monocle, dwindle, and grid layouts. It supports X11 applications through XWayland, window animations and effects, text-input protocols, scratchpad, overview mode, IPC with external programs, and config hot-reload for keybinding changes.
Key features
- Tag-based window organization with independent layout per tag
- Multiple layouts including scroller, master-stack, monocle, dwindle, grid
- X11 application support through XWayland with scaling
- Window effects for blur, shadow, corner radius, opacity via scenefx
- IPC messaging with external programs
- Hot-reload configuration for keybinding changes without restart
Best for: Linux users on Wayland who want a dwl-based compositor with tag-based layouts.
Good for
- Keeps an independent window layout for each tag
- Supports X11 applications through XWayland
- Allows keybinding changes without restart through hot-reload
Mango at a glance
- Website
- github.com/mangowm/mango
- Category
- Software & Utilities › Desktop Customization
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Windows
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Mango FAQ
Which distributions have installation guidance?
The installation guide covers Fedora, Gentoo, Guix, NixOS, openSUSE, PikaOS, AerynOS, and building from source, with an Arch Linux package via yay.
Where can layouts be viewed?
Example layout videos are listed at mangowm.github.io.
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