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    niri-wm

    niri-wm/niri

    A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

    backend
    rust
    smithay
    tiling-window-manager
    wayland
    wayland-compositor
    Rust
    GPL-3.0
    28.9K stars
    1.3K forks
    28.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 5, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 194 days ago, with 218 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #3 in the weekly ranking the week of Sep 28, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Implements a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor that arranges windows in infinite horizontal strips per monitor without resizing existing windows.
    • Provides dynamic, multi-monitor workspace management with pixel-perfect fractional scaling and advanced input gesture support for efficient window organization.
    • Use for creating a highly customizable, scrollable tiling environment on Wayland with independent workspaces per monitor for developers and power users.
    • Use for managing multi-monitor setups with automatic workspace migration on monitor disconnects and reconnections, preserving user context seamlessly.
    • Use for integrating screencasting and window grouping features with privacy controls, ideal for users needing secure screen sharing and organized workflows.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    GPL 3.0

    Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

    • GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

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    From the README

    A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

    Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.

    Every monitor has its own separate window strip. Windows can never "overflow" onto an adjacent monitor.

    Workspaces are dynamic and arranged vertically. Every monitor has an independent set of workspaces, and there's always one empty workspace present all the way down.

    The workspace arrangement is preserved across disconnecting and connecting monitors where it makes sense. When a monitor disconnects, its workspaces will move to another monitor, but upon reconnection they will move back to the original monitor.

    Excerpt from the niri-wm/niri README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

    1.3K+210

    Open issues

    402-79

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