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miracle-wm vs SwayFX: catalog facts
miracle-wm	SwayFX
Best for: Linux users who want a customizable tiling Wayland compositor	Best for: Sway users who want visual effects on a tiling Wayland desktop
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	Keeps Sway's tiling behaviour and configuration Adds blur, rounded corners and shadows All 3 strengths for SwayFX Keeps Sway's tiling behaviour and configuration Adds blur, rounded corners and shadows Packaging help for Debian and Nix
Smaller community than Sway or Hyprland Linux only	Linux and Wayland only Effects add overhead compared with plain Sway All 3 limitations for SwayFX Linux and Wayland only Effects add overhead compared with plain Sway Tracks upstream Sway, so features may lag behind it
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 miracle-wm github.com/miracle-wm-org/miracle-wm Catalog checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for SwayFX github.com/wlrfx/swayfx Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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