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miracle-wm vs Wayfire: catalog facts
miracle-wm	Wayfire

Best for: Linux users who want a customizable tiling Wayland compositor	Best for: Linux users who want a customisable Wayland compositor with effects
Free Free and open source.	Free Free, with source code on GitHub.
Linux	Linux
i3-style tiling on Wayland Animations and shader effects Plugin support, including Rust plugins Packaged as a Snap and Debian package	Plugin-based design for window management and effects Improved fractional scaling in the 0.11 release Lightweight compositor with desktop effects
Smaller community than Sway or Hyprland Linux only	Linux and Wayland only Releases can be far apart Needs configuration to build a full desktop
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 Wayfire wayfire.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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