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SwayFX vs Hyprland: catalog facts
SwayFX	Hyprland
Best for: Sway users who want visual effects on a tiling Wayland desktop	Best for: Arrange Linux application windows with a configurable tiling Wayland compositor
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Linux	Linux
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	Supports dynamic tiling and animations Provides extensive keyboard and layout configuration
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	Requires compatible Wayland graphics support and manual configuration.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: BSD-3-Clause
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Offline features available	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for SwayFX github.com/wlrfx/swayfx Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Hyprland hyprland.org github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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