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miracle-wm vs dwl: catalog facts
miracle-wmdwl

Best for: Linux users who want a customizable tiling Wayland compositor

Best for: dwm users moving to Wayland who want a minimal tiling compositor

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
  • 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
  • Smaller community than Sway or Hyprland
  • Linux only
  • Customisation usually means editing source and recompiling
  • Minimal by design, so bars and extras come from other tools
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
Sources for miracle-wm

Catalog checked September 24, 2026

Sources for dwl

Catalog checked September 24, 2026

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