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Hyprland vs Qtile: catalog facts
Hyprland	Qtile
Best for: Arrange Linux application windows with a configurable tiling Wayland compositor	Best for: Configure a tiling window manager using Python
Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Linux	Linux
Supports dynamic tiling and animations Provides extensive keyboard and layout configuration	Supports programmable layouts and widgets Offers X11 and Wayland back ends
Requires compatible Wayland graphics support and manual configuration.	Configuration and troubleshooting require some Python knowledge.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Hyprland hyprland.org github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland Catalog checked September 22, 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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