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We Are Wayland Now
This guide tracks Wayland support and lists alternative applications for common desktop tasks, such as launchers and screenshot tools.
About We Are Wayland Now
We Are Wayland Now is a guide that tracks how well Wayland, the display system used by many Linux desktops, supports common desktop tasks. It lists alternative applications for tasks such as application launching, clipboard management, screenshots, file management, and screen recording, along with notes on which desktop environments and compositors each item works with.
The guide also records known gaps. Some items are marked as experimental, alpha, partial, or unmaintained. Support notes cover NVIDIA drivers on GNOME, KDE Plasma, Hyprland, and Sway. The guide states that the Orca screen reader is currently broken on Wayland and that OBS Studio is unusable under Wayland when custom browser docks are needed. The site is a web page with no stated pricing or account requirements.
Key features
- Lists alternative applications for launchers, clipboard managers, screenshot tools, and file managers
- Shows support status for desktop environments such as GNOME, KDE Plasma, and COSMIC
- Notes NVIDIA driver behavior on GNOME, KDE Plasma, Hyprland, and Sway/wlroots
- Tracks status of HDR and color management support in Wayland environments
- Flags known blockers, including the Orca screen reader and OBS browser docks
- Groups tiling, scrolling, and stacking compositors with linked project entries
Best for: Linux users moving from X11 to Wayland who need replacements for familiar desktop tools and want to check support status before switching.
Good for
- Organizes alternatives by desktop task, so tools can be compared within a category
- Labels many entries with support status, such as experimental, partial, or unmaintained
- Identifies specific workflows that are currently unusable, helping users decide when not to switch
Watch out for
- Several entries are marked experimental, alpha, partial, or unmaintained
- The Orca screen reader is listed as currently broken on Wayland
- NVIDIA support requires extra steps, and the guide notes no official support on Hyprland
We Are Wayland Now at a glance
- Website
- wearewaylandnow.com
- Category
- Software & Utilities › Desktop Customization
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
We Are Wayland Now alternatives
Tools and sites you could use instead, ranked by how closely they match.
The ArchWiki explains the Wayland display server protocol and links to a compositor comparison.
Sway is an i3-compatible tiling compositor for Wayland, documented in the ArchWiki.
wayscriber provides live screen annotation for Linux Wayland, with a drawing layer activated by a keybind.
Hyprland is a tiling Wayland compositor with dynamic tiling and a custom renderer, documented in the ArchWiki.
Hyprland provides dynamic tiling and Wayland features through a compositor with plugin support.
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We Are Wayland Now FAQ
Is the Orca screen reader usable on Wayland?
The guide states that Orca is currently broken on Wayland due to a variety of issues, and that issues #440 and #483 are blocking progress.
Can NVIDIA graphics cards be used with Wayland?
The guide says NVIDIA runs on GNOME and KDE Plasma with extra steps, and on Hyprland despite no official support. On Sway/wlroots, the nouveau driver runs directly, while the NVIDIA driver requires starting with the --unsupported-gpu option.
Can OBS Studio be used on Wayland?
The guide states that OBS is unusable under Wayland if custom browser docks are needed, and points to linked obs-browser and cef issues.
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