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Hyprland VS Wayfire

Compare Hyprland VS Wayfire and see what are their differences

Hyprland logo 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 ...

Wayfire logo Wayfire

Wayland compositor with 3d effects.
  • Hyprland Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-10-22
  • Wayfire Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-19

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Wayfire videos

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

More videos:

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

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Hyprland and Wayfire)
Linux
39 39%
61% 61
Window Manager
40 40%
60% 60
Operating Systems
26 26%
74% 74
Desktop Environments
27 27%
73% 73

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Wayfire seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 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.

Hyprland mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Hyprland yet. Tracking of Hyprland recommendations started around Apr 2022.

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 Hyprland and Wayfire, you can also consider the following products

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

Raspberry Pi Desktop (aka PIXEL) - Debian with Raspberry Pi Desktop is the Foundation's operating system for PC and Mac.

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.

Xfce - Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly.

Sway - Sway is a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager, but for Wayland instead of X11.