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dwl vs Qtile: catalog facts
dwl	Qtile
Best for: dwm users moving to Wayland who want a minimal tiling compositor	Best for: Configure a tiling window manager using Python
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
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	Supports programmable layouts and widgets Offers X11 and Wayland back ends
Customisation usually means editing source and recompiling Minimal by design, so bars and extras come from other tools	Configuration and troubleshooting require some Python knowledge.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	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 dwl codeberg.org/dwl/dwl Catalog checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Qtile qtile.org github.com/qtile/qtile Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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