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i3

A tiling window manager for X11

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Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
Sway	Drop-in	17k	MIT	Open source	No	C	1.12	2026-09-21

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i3-compatible Wayland compositor

Reads i3 configuration files and speaks the same IPC protocol on Wayland.

Language: C
Licence: MIT
Stars: 17k
Latest: 1.12
Last push: 2026-09-21

About i3

Language: C
Licence: BSD-3-Clause
Stars: 11k
Last push: 2026-10-08