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Arcan VS Wayfire

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Arcan logo Arcan

Game engine and multimedia framework and display server.

Wayfire logo Wayfire

Wayland compositor with 3d effects.
  • Arcan Landing page
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    2023-05-14
  • Wayfire Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-19

Arcan videos

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A Quick Review of Arcan XL3000 Low Profile Floor Jack

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Wayfire videos

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GNOME 3.36: macOS-like apps with KAWAII BLUR ..on Wayfire :p

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  • Review - Wayfire: Wayfire config manager + wf-panel
  • Review - Micro Review 2/2 Rayban Wayfire

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Arcan and Wayfire)

Arcan

Wayfire

Linux
29 29%
Linux
71% 71
Operating Systems
35 35%
Operating Systems
65% 65
Window Manager
28 28%
Window Manager
72% 72
Desktop Environments
27 27%
Desktop Environments
73% 73

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Arcan should be more popular than Wayfire. It has been mentiond 15 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Arcan mentions (15)

  • VT330/VT340 Sixel Graphics
    Kragen, what's the current status of BubbleOS? Also, I'm curious what you think of Arcan (https://arcan-fe.com). - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago
  • A Guide to the Terminal, Console, and Shell
    See https://arcan-fe.com/, in particular Lash: https://arcan-fe.com/2022/10/15/whipping-up-a-new-shell-lashcat9/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
  • Is Wayland really the best solution
    LOL. Not. Meanwhile, one dude managed to write an entire display server that handles, both, Wayland and X11 apps: https://arcan-fe.com/. Source: over 1 year ago
  • SDL Tries Again To Prefer Wayland Over X11
    Arcan is a decent contender for an actual way forward (and like PipeWire replacing PulseAudio, Arcan natively supports X11 and Wayland clients). Source: over 1 year ago
  • i suspect that when Wayland will gained popularity: people will be replaced MPV (the only application that refused to implement window management) by another good video player application..
    Virgin Wayland babies vs the Chad Arcan users (I have no idea how to configure it help). Source: over 1 year ago
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Wayfire mentions (2)

  • Cant change the system GTK theme/icons
    So im trying to change my GTK theme/icons (on Wayfire) I tryed changing them using LXAppearance and it "changes" in LXappearance until I close it then they goes back to default (no other application changes themes/icons). Source: over 2 years ago
  • [Wayfire] System locks up when trying to build wf-shell
    Im trying to build/install Wayfire (on Debian Testing, using Openbox) using wf-install and I cant seem to get past building wf-shell (i have also tried building using wf-shell instructions, same result),. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Arcan and Wayfire, you can also consider the following products

Unity8 - Mir compositor with Wayland apps support.

i3 - A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.

GNOME - An easy and elegant way to use your computer, GNOME is designed to put you in control and get things done.

KDE Plasma Desktop - Plasma Workspaces is the umbrella term for all graphical environments provided by KDE.

Openbox - Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.

Hyprland - Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks. - GitHub - vaxerski/Hyprland: Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on ...

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