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Wayfire vs Hyprland: catalog facts
Wayfire	Hyprland
Best for: Linux users who want a customisable Wayland compositor with effects	Best for: Arrange Linux application windows with a configurable tiling Wayland compositor
Free Free, with source code on GitHub.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Linux	Linux
Plugin-based design for window management and effects Improved fractional scaling in the 0.11 release All 3 strengths for Wayfire Plugin-based design for window management and effects Improved fractional scaling in the 0.11 release Lightweight compositor with desktop effects	Supports dynamic tiling and animations Provides extensive keyboard and layout configuration
Linux and Wayland only Releases can be far apart All 3 limitations for Wayfire Linux and Wayland only Releases can be far apart Needs configuration to build a full desktop	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 Wayfire wayfire.org Catalog checked September 23, 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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