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Sway vs Pinnacle: catalog facts
Sway	Pinnacle
Best for: Use an i3-style tiling workflow on Wayland	Best for: Former AwesomeWM users who want a programmable tiling compositor on Wayland
Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.	Free Free to build and use from its GitHub repository.
Linux	Linux
Supports much of the i3 configuration format Arranges windows with keyboard-driven layouts	Configuration written in Lua or Rust AwesomeWM-style programmable tiling on Wayland
Some X11 applications and workflows need compatibility layers or alternatives.	Linux only Configuring through code takes more effort than a simple settings file
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Sway swaywm.org github.com/swaywm/sway Catalog checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Pinnacle github.com/pinnacle-comp/pinnacle Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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