# hyprwm/Hypr

Hypr is a tiling window manager written in modern C++.

Repository: https://github.com/hyprwm/Hypr
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hypr
Language: C++
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: x11, x11-wm, xorg, window-manager, cpp20, xcb
Last push: 2024-03-28T02:16:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1750, "days_push": 889, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1310, forks 42 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:19.928537+00:00)

## What it is
Hypr is a dynamic tiling window manager for Xorg, written in modern C++20 using XCB. It provides tiling and floating windows, workspaces, animations, a built-in status bar, and hot-reloadable configuration.

## Use cases
- tiling window manager for X11 on Linux
- lightweight Xorg window manager with animations
- window manager with dwindle and master layouts
- X11 WM with instant config reload
- replace my desktop environment with a tiling WM
- window manager compatible with Polybar and EWMH bars

## When to choose
- you want a tiling window manager on Xorg with animations and rounded corners
- you prefer a readable, hackable C++ codebase to extend
- you use X11 and want EWMH/ICCCM compliance with external bars

## When to avoid
- you use Wayland - use Hyprland instead
- you need a full compositor or desktop environment out of the box
- you need active development - the project is in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cpp
- tags: tiling-window-manager, x11, xorg, xcb, window-manager, c++20, linux

## Member repositories
- hyprwm/Hypr (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.928537+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 2026-08-30T04:49:55.534906+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hyprwm/Hypr (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.928537+00:00, sha e94ac81a85b6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.