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Wayfire logo Wayfire

Wayland compositor with 3d effects.

KWin logo KWin

KWin is a window manager for the X Window System, and is in the process of becoming a Wayland...
  • Wayfire Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-19
  • KWin Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-01

Wayfire videos

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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

KWin videos

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Review Sih KWIN | KLX Gordon Yang Menggoyahkan Iman

More videos:

  • Review - KWIN App Review for iPhone, iPod, iPad

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Wayfire and KWin)

Wayfire

KWin

Linux
55 55%
Linux
45% 45
Window Manager
50 50%
Window Manager
50% 50
Operating Systems
100 100%
Operating Systems
0% 0
Note Taking
0 0%
Note Taking
100% 100

User comments

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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.

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

KWin mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of KWin yet. Tracking of KWin recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

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

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

Dexpot - If you don't have Dexpot yet, the new update makes it a must-have tool for Windows, adding a ton of features to your desktop that you never knew you wanted.

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

VirtuaWin - VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7/Win10). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called 'workspaces').

Unity8 - Mir compositor with Wayland apps support.

IceWM - icewm home page . Bug Tracking. If you have a patch, a bug report or a feature request to submit, please do so at the icewm project page at SourceForge.

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