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Niri: A Scrollable-Tiling Wayland Compositor

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jan 28, 2024

The Linux ecosystem is progressively leaning towards Wayland, moving away from the traditionally used Xorg. This shift is naturally paving the way for developing solutions dedicated to Wayland. With that said, please welcome Niri, a new scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

The Wayland compositor is a crucial component in the Wayland system, responsible for rendering graphics and managing input, providing a more modern and efficient alternative to the traditional X server.

Niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor heavily inspired by GNOME’s PaperWM extension. The project is relatively new but already has a lot to offer to the tiling window managers enthusiasts.

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