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Jay vs Pinnacle: catalog facts
Jay	Pinnacle
Best for: Linux users who want an i3-style tiling compositor on Wayland	Best for: Former AwesomeWM users who want a programmable tiling compositor on Wayland
Free Free to build and use from its public repository.	Free Free to build and use from its GitHub repository.
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	Configuration written in Lua or Rust AwesomeWM-style programmable tiling on Wayland
Linux only Smaller user base than Sway or Hyprland	Linux only Configuring through code takes more effort than a simple settings file
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 Pinnacle github.com/pinnacle-comp/pinnacle Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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