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Qtile vs river (Wayland compositor)

A side-by-side look at Qtile and river (Wayland compositor). For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Qtile

Qtile

Development

Qtile is a tiling window manager for Linux that is written in Python. It allows you to arrange your windows in a grid or stacking layout and provides keyboard shortcuts to easily navigate between them. Qtile is designed to be lightweight, flexible, and scriptable.

pythontilingkeyboard-shortcutslightweightflexiblescriptable
river (Wayland compositor)

river (Wayland compositor)

Gaming Software

River is a tiling Wayland compositor focused on simplicity and familiarity. It uses dynamic tiling to automatically arrange windows and supports keyboard shortcuts for navigation. River aims to provide a lightweight and customizable desktop experience.

waylandcompositortilingdynamic-tilingkeyboard-shortcutslightweightcustomizable