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dwl vs Cagebreak: catalog facts
dwl	Cagebreak

Best for: dwm users moving to Wayland who want a minimal tiling compositor	Best for: Ratpoison fans who want a keyboard-only tiling compositor on Wayland
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	Linux
dwm-style dynamic tiling on Wayland Small C codebase built on wlroots Community patch collection for extra features Actively maintained	Fully keyboard-driven tiling on Wayland Signed releases with documented hashes Man pages and example configurations included
Customisation usually means editing source and recompiling Minimal by design, so bars and extras come from other tools	Minimal by design, with no decorations or visual extras Smaller user base than sway or Hyprland
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for dwl codeberg.org/dwl/dwl Catalog checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Cagebreak github.com/project-repo/cagebreak Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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