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Cagebreak vs Sway: catalog facts
Cagebreak	Sway
Best for: Ratpoison fans who want a keyboard-only tiling compositor on Wayland	Best for: Use an i3-style tiling workflow on Wayland
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Linux	Linux
Fully keyboard-driven tiling on Wayland Signed releases with documented hashes All 3 strengths for Cagebreak Fully keyboard-driven tiling on Wayland Signed releases with documented hashes Man pages and example configurations included	Supports much of the i3 configuration format Arranges windows with keyboard-driven layouts
Minimal by design, with no decorations or visual extras Smaller user base than sway or Hyprland	Some X11 applications and workflows need compatibility layers or alternatives.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Offline features available	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Cagebreak github.com/project-repo/cagebreak Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Sway swaywm.org github.com/swaywm/sway Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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