picom vs Xcompmgr
A side-by-side look at picom and Xcompmgr. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
picom
Os & Utilities
Picom is a lightweight compositor for X11 window managers. It provides effects like shadows, transparency, and animations to improve the user experience. As a compositor, picom draws windows and handles visual effects separately from the window manager.
compositorvisual-effectstransparencyanimationsx11window-manager
Xcompmgr
Os & Utilities
Xcompmgr is a lightweight X11 compositor that enables basic compositing effects for window managers that do not provide compositing. It allows for transparency and drop shadows, as well as redirection of application windows.
compositingtransparencydrop-shadowswindow-redirection
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