# Hyprland

Hyprland is an independent, highly customizable, dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.

Repository: https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hyprland
Homepage: https://hypr.land
Language: C++
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: wayland, wayland-compositor, compositor, cpp26
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:59:20+00:00
Link (homepage): https://hypr.land
Link (site_page): https://wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started/Master-Tutorial
Link (site_page): https://wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started/Installation
Link (site_page): https://account.hypr.land/pricing

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1631, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 28, "gap_med": 8, "n_releases_24m": 38}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 38199, forks 1951 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:01.734709+00:00)

## What it is
Hyprland is an independent, dynamic tiling Wayland compositor for Linux written in C++, featuring extensive animations, blur, and visual effects without sacrificing performance. It is highly customizable with live-reloading configs, multiple tiling layouts, socket-based IPC, and a powerful built-in plugin system.

## Use cases
- dynamic tiling window manager for Wayland on Linux
- compositor with smooth animations and blur effects
- customize my Linux desktop with a riced aesthetic
- replace X11 window manager with a Wayland compositor
- extend my desktop with plugins and custom layouts
- scratchpads and window groups for keyboard-driven workflow
- lightweight compositor with tearing support for gaming

## When to choose
- you want a visually polished, animated tiling Wayland compositor
- you need deep customization, live config reload, and plugin support
- you want an independent compositor not built on wlroots or other bases
- you use Linux (especially Arch/Fedora/NixOS) and want a modern Wayland desktop

## When to avoid
- you need a full desktop environment out of the box with no configuration
- you rely on an Nvidia setup without tolerance for extra configuration effort
- you need a compositor for non-Linux platforms like Windows or macOS
- you prefer a minimal, no-eyecandy static tiling setup

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, gui, plugin-system, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems, cross-platform
- platform: cpp
- tags: wayland-compositor, tiling-window-manager, desktop-environment, animations, eyecandy, ipc, xwayland, linux

## Member repositories
- hyprwm/Hyprland (main) score 98
- hyprwm/hyprland-plugins (plugin) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:01.734709+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 2026-08-29T16:24:57.230446+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:01.734709+00:00, sha 91478a97a54d)
  - homepage: https://hypr.land (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:09.276991+00:00, sha 35b42f86072c)
  - site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started/Master-Tutorial (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:09.286004+00:00, sha 0fb33d88d11f)
  - site_page: https://wiki.hypr.land/Getting-Started/Installation (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:09.288211+00:00, sha e8019f2624ee)
  - site_page: https://account.hypr.land/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:09.290403+00:00, sha 970a08eda8c8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.