Niri

Overview

Niri is a modern Wayland compositor and window manager that uses a scrollable tiling layout where windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip. It focuses on stability performance and predictable behavior ensuring that opening new windows does not resize existing ones while providing dynamic workspaces animations and extensive configurability for advanced Linux users.

Key features

• Scrollable tiling layout
• Dynamic workspaces
• Wayland compositor
• Keyboard driven workflow
• Live config reload
• Animations
• Touchpad gestures
• Multi monitor support