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Jay vs miracle-wm: catalog facts
Jay	miracle-wm
Best for: Linux users who want an i3-style tiling compositor on Wayland	Best for: Linux users who want a customizable tiling Wayland compositor
Free Free to build and use from its public repository.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	Linux
i3-like tiling on Wayland Vulkan rendering All 4 strengths for Jay i3-like tiling on Wayland Vulkan rendering Configurable through TOML or Rust Active development with regular commits	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
Linux only Smaller user base than Sway or Hyprland	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 Jay github.com/mahkoh/jay Catalog checked October 2, 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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