# malbiruk/driftwm

A trackpad-first infinite canvas Wayland compositor.

Repository: https://github.com/malbiruk/driftwm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/driftwm
Homepage: https://malbiruk.github.io/driftwm/
Language: Rust
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: compositor, gestures, infinite-canvas, linux, rust, smithay, trackpad, wayland, wayland-compositor, window-manager
Last push: 2026-08-26T09:43:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 13
- inputs: {"age_days": 192, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 4.0, "n_releases_24m": 31}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1636, forks 65 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:14.574443+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: gui, graphics, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, desktop-applications
- platform: rust
- tags: wayland-compositor, window-manager, infinite-canvas, trackpad-gestures, smithay, pan-and-zoom, linux

## Member repositories
- malbiruk/driftwm (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:14.574443+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:46:58.456905+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/malbiruk/driftwm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:14.574443+00:00, sha b13384ba432b)
  - homepage: https://malbiruk.github.io/driftwm/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:19:55.667392+00:00, sha 41bc6b8760dd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.