Hello all, looking for a good autotiling window manager that is wayland based but is NOT hyprland. Sway seems to be an option but I don’t really want to install a plugin to make it autotile… Anyway, does anybody else have any other suggestions?
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been using niri for a couple months and i really prefer it to KDE Plasma now, and i LOVE KDE
I actually took the advice here and used niri and it works great!
right on! cool to hear this update.
the new trend in custom quickshells is pretty interesting. you might want to check out dank material shell or noctalia shell. even if you dont end up using their bars, you can get some cool themeing, lock screen and widgets from either. cheers!
Have you tried Niri? It scrolls!
Haven’t tried it myself, but I’ve heard good things.
Thanks! I’ll take a look
Recently switched from sway to niri on my laptop and loving it so far. The tiling+scrolling behavior feels very natural to me.
I currently use niri but I’ve looked at mangowc as well https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/mangowc
mango is pretty sick, but im sticking with niri for now. theres something about the simplicity of it that just feels right for everyday use.
looking forward to mangowc getting more popular and maybe some updates to the overview and id look at giving it a go.
I use Sway and can really recommend it.
River!! It’s a Wayland dynamic tiler, which sounds like it’s what you’re looking for. I really like it. I’ve been using it for a few years and have been happy.
Note that they’re currently undergoing a significant rewrite for the 0.4 release which will break people’s setups. However, the 0.3 branch will continue to be maintained indefinitely for those who don’t want to switch.
I’ve been using it for a few years
undergoing a significant rewrite for the 0.4 release
I plan to try it when it’s ready. Some time next century at this rate.
It is “ready”. The 0.3 branch and the 0.4 branch can be thought of as different compositors, and the 0.3 branch is a fully-functional compositor in its own right. Some people will never upgrade to 0.4 because they either prefer 0.3 or can’t be bothered to make the transition.
Also the way you quoted that made it sound like the 0.4 release has been a WIP for years. Believe it or not 0.3 was not the first River release… They haven’t been planning the RWM release the whole time.
Try mangowc. Pretty new but promising. Also has scrolling if you’re into that.
Not a tiling window manager, but would Cosmic possibly serve your usecase?
it can do tiling ig
Niri rocks
Also requires a plugin, so probably not your thing, but KDE with the Krohnkite KWinScript also works decently well.
I would suggest bspwm.
https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bspwm
…haven’t really used it (I use Hyprland), but heard of it several times. I did saw a few people using it, and it looked quite impressive after properly configuring.
I have this moon here if you’d like it?
