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dwl vs miracle-wm: catalog facts
dwl	miracle-wm
Best for: dwm users moving to Wayland who want a minimal tiling compositor	Best for: Linux users who want a customizable tiling Wayland compositor
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	Linux
dwm-style dynamic tiling on Wayland Small C codebase built on wlroots All 4 strengths for dwl dwm-style dynamic tiling on Wayland Small C codebase built on wlroots Community patch collection for extra features Actively maintained	i3-style tiling on Wayland Animations and shader effects All 4 strengths for miracle-wm i3-style tiling on Wayland Animations and shader effects Plugin support, including Rust plugins Packaged as a Snap and Debian package
Customisation usually means editing source and recompiling Minimal by design, so bars and extras come from other tools	Smaller community than Sway or Hyprland Linux only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
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 miracle-wm github.com/miracle-wm-org/miracle-wm Catalog checked September 24, 2026

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