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miracle-wm vs Cagebreak: catalog facts
miracle-wm	Cagebreak
Best for: Linux users who want a customizable tiling Wayland compositor	Best for: Ratpoison fans who want a keyboard-only tiling compositor on Wayland
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	Linux
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	Fully keyboard-driven tiling on Wayland Signed releases with documented hashes All 3 strengths for Cagebreak Fully keyboard-driven tiling on Wayland Signed releases with documented hashes Man pages and example configurations included
Smaller community than Sway or Hyprland Linux only	Minimal by design, with no decorations or visual extras Smaller user base than sway or Hyprland
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for miracle-wm github.com/miracle-wm-org/miracle-wm Catalog checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Cagebreak github.com/project-repo/cagebreak Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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