swaywm/sway
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i3-compatible Wayland compositor observed · 2026-09-30
Health v2 · maintenance only
82/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 54
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 133
- age_days: 4095
- days_rel: 148
- days_push: 29
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
17365 stars · 1304 forks observed · 2026-09-30
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Sway is an i3-compatible tiling Wayland compositor that works as a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager on X11. It arranges windows into a logical grid, supports existing i3 configurations out of the box, and is built on the modular wlroots library.
Use cases
- replace i3 with a Wayland-native window manager
- run a keyboard-driven tiling desktop on Linux
- reuse my existing i3 config on Wayland
- get a lightweight compositor for a minimal Linux setup
- manage windows in a grid layout efficiently
- set up a Wayland session from a TTY or display manager
When to choose
- you want i3 features and config compatibility on Wayland
- you need a lightweight, keyboard-centric tiling compositor on Linux
- you want to build a custom Wayland desktop on top of wlroots
When to avoid
- you need a full desktop environment with batteries included like GNOME or KDE
- you rely on X11-only tooling or NVIDIA setups with poor Wayland support
- you prefer floating window management out of the box
Facets
application · maturity stable
gui graphics operating-systems desktop-applications developer-tools cross-platform wayland-compositor tiling-window-manager i3-compatible x11-replacement desktop-environment linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/swaywm/sway · fetched 2026-09-30 · 867f1e6e7677
- homepage: https://swaywm.org · fetched 2026-10-12 · eb331a9c03e2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| swaywm/sway | main | 82 |
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