malbiruk/driftwm

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1636 stars · 65 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

driftwm is a trackpad-first Wayland compositor that arranges windows at native size on an infinite 2D canvas, with the display acting as a camera that pans and zooms. Built on Smithay in Rust, it features gesture navigation, window snapping into implicit groups, bookmarks, and MRU cycling.

Use cases

• use a window manager with an infinite canvas instead of tiling or workspaces
• navigate windows with trackpad gestures like pinch-to-zoom and swipe-to-pan
• manage many windows on a small laptop screen
• group windows spatially by snapping them together
• jump between windows directionally or via bookmarks

When to choose

• you want a spatial, zoomable desktop metaphor rather than tiling or stacking
• you primarily use a laptop with a trackpad
• you want a modern Rust/Wayland compositor built on Smithay

When to avoid

• you need a stable, production-ready compositor
• you rely on workspaces or traditional tiling layouts
• you use a mouse-only setup without a trackpad

Facets

application · maturity experimental

gui graphics developer-tools operating-systems desktop-applications rust wayland-compositor window-manager infinite-canvas trackpad-gestures smithay pan-and-zoom linux

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