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SwayFX vs MangoWC: catalog facts
SwayFX	MangoWC
Best for: Sway users who want visual effects on a tiling Wayland desktop	Best for: Linux users who want a light dwl-style tiling compositor with animations
Free Free and open source.	Free Free to build and use from its GitHub repository.
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	Lightweight dwl base Several tiling layouts All 3 strengths for MangoWC Lightweight dwl base Several tiling layouts Window animations
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	Linux only Smaller community than larger compositors
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 SwayFX github.com/wlrfx/swayfx Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for MangoWC github.com/DreamMaoMao/mangowc Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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