# wlrfx/swayfx

SwayFX: Sway, but with eye candy!

Repository: https://github.com/wlrfx/swayfx
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/swayfx
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: c, gles2, linux, opengl, sway, wayland, wm, compositor, swayfx
Last push: 2026-08-23T01:47:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1781, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 28, "gap_med": 58.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2343, forks 116 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:39.359171+00:00)

## What it is
SwayFX is a fork of the Sway Wayland compositor that adds visual effects via a custom GLES2 fx_renderer. It extends the i3-compatible tiling window manager with blur, rounded corners, shadows, dimming, and animations.

## Use cases
- add blur and rounded corners to my sway window manager
- i3-compatible wayland compositor with eye candy
- tiling window manager with shadows and animations
- wayland compositor with blur behind waybar
- replace sway with a version that has visual effects
- rounded corners and shadows on linux tiling wm

## When to choose
- you want Sway's i3-compatible tiling plus visual effects like blur, shadows, and rounded corners
- you already use Sway and want drop-in enhanced visuals with extra config options
- you want to blur panels and notifications via layer-shell effects

## When to avoid
- you want a stock, minimal Sway experience without visual overhead
- you need a compositor outside the Sway/i3 configuration ecosystem
- you use a non-Linux platform, since it targets Linux/Wayland only

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, gui
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems, graphics
- platform: c
- tags: wayland-compositor, window-manager, tiling-wm, i3-compatible, gles2, eye-candy, blur-effects, linux, wayland

## Member repositories
- wlrfx/swayfx (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:39.359171+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 2026-08-30T02:37:16.131242+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wlrfx/swayfx (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:39.359171+00:00, sha 1a464dfd60b2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.