miracle-wm

A hackable tiling Wayland compositor for Linux built on Mir, with i3-style tiling and animations.

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About miracle-wm

miracle-wm is a Wayland window manager built on the Mir display server library. It arranges windows in an i3-style tiling layout, adds animations and shader-based effects, and is designed to be extended, with plugin support that includes a Rust plugin crate.

It ships a companion IPC tool (miraclemsg) and is packaged as a Debian package and a Snap. It suits Linux users who want a tiling workflow on Wayland and like to customize their setup.

Strengths

  • i3-style tiling on Wayland
  • Animations and shader effects
  • Plugin support, including Rust plugins
  • Packaged as a Snap and Debian package

Limitations

  • Smaller community than Sway or Hyprland
  • Linux only

Details

Pricing
FreeFree and open source.
License
Open source, license not stated
Developer
The miracle-wm contributors
Platforms
Linux
How it runs
Downloadable app
Account
Not required
Works offline
Yes
Best suited for
Linux users who want a customizable tiling Wayland compositor
Categories
Window tools
Last verified
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Provenance
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  • Sway

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  • Hyprland

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  • dwl

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  • river

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  • Wayfire

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  • Qtile

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  • i3

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