Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Wayland

Product categories

AI Automation Developer Tools Health And Fitness Linux Linux Distribution Mac Tools Meditation Open Source Operating Systems Utilities Window Manager

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Wayland are i3, qtile, and XQuartz. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

i3 Landing Page
1

i3

A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #Linux #Open Source 89 social mentions
qtile Landing Page
2

qtile

Qtile is a full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written in Python.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 6 social mentions
XQuartz Landing Page
3

XQuartz

The XQuartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the X.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #OS & Utilities #Linux
Xmonad Landing Page
4

Xmonad

xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 14 social mentions
Sway Landing Page
5

Sway

Sway is a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager, but for Wayland instead of X11.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Health And Fitness #Meditation #Sleep 52 social mentions
herbstluftwm Landing Page
6

herbstluftwm

herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 8 social mentions
JWM Landing Page
7

JWM

JWM

Also known as Joe's Window Manager. Created in 2003, one of the default window manager for Puppy Linux, and actively updated by Joe, its creator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 3 social mentions
Ubuntu Landing Page
8

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a Debian Linux-based open source operating system for desktop computers.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Linux #Operating Systems #Linux Distribution 229 social mentions
Window Maker Landing Page
9

WM

Window Maker

Window Maker is a free and open-source window manager for the X Window System
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Linux #Window Manager #Open Source 1 social mentions
Tails Landing Page
10

Tails

Tails is a Debian based live CD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Linux #Operating Systems #Linux Distribution 385 social mentions
Fusuma Landing Page
11

Fusuma

Build presentations easily using Markdown
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mac Tools #Window Manager #OSX Tools 39 social mentions
Rectangle Landing Page
12

Rectangle

Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mac Tools #Window Manager #Developer Tools 447 social mentions