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A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

55 mentions on Hacker News by 41 people: 14 stories, 41 comments · first 2023-09-03 · latest 2026-10-03

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  1. …while I was on Ubuntu's Unity, then Gnome, KDE, i3 and lastly sway. Until I switched to niri ( https://github.com/niri-wm/niri ) ... since then I haven't used tmux at all. Very weird, come to think of.
    comment by OtomotO · 2026-10-03 · in Make Tmux the OS
  2. …lot, but how would you compare it, if you've tried it? I'm looking forward to trying it out! [1] - https://github.com/niri-wm/niri
    comment by future10se · 2026-10-01 · in Spear (10/GUI for Mac) [video]
  3. …a big display, and splitting a display (moments before the multi-pointer ticket was filed in Niri), https://github.com/niri-wm/niri/discussions/1285 https://github.com/niri-wm/niri/discussions/3160 There's been all kinds of rough…
    comment by jauntywundrkind · 2026-07-29 · in State of multi-player Wayland
  4. …There are a few discussions around this, so I'm hopeful to see it implemented at some point: - https://github.com/niri-wm/niri/discussions/1318 - https://github.com/niri-wm/niri/discussions/378 - https://github.com/niri-wm/niri/discussions/…
    comment by mplanchard · 2026-04-25 · in Niri 26.04: Scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
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    Niri 26.04: Scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
    story by nickjj · 2026-04-25 · 87 comments
  6. I haven't tried it myself but niri might do what you want using Wayland https://github.com/niri-wm/niri
    comment by sellmesoap · 2026-04-15 · in The Orange Pi 6 Plus
  7. I switched to Niri ( https://github.com/niri-wm/niri ) about six months ago and I find it does wonders for focus. Set the default window width to 1/4 or 1/3 of the screen width (depending on the screen size) and it's easy to keep just the…
    comment by edoloughlin · 2026-04-03 · in Improving my focus by giving up my big monitor
  8. Maybe you'd like Niri? https://github.com/niri-wm/niri
    comment by skulk · 2026-03-21 · in Ghostling
  9. …a complete desktop and offers the essential functionality that I'd expect from gnome or kde. 1. https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri 2. https://docs.noctalia.dev/getting-started/installation/
    comment by 20after4 · 2026-01-30 · in The dank case for scrolling window managers
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    Niri releases native Alt-Tab switcher
    story by beepbooptheory · 2025-12-04 · 0 comments
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    Niri 25.11 released with alt-tab and other improvements
    story by WD-42 · 2025-11-30 · 1 comment
  12. …monitors. I'm pretty sure this is the case for most tiling WMs; it's definitely the case for Niri ( https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Workspaces ), and I'm pretty sure it's the case for sway. > It also has hot reloading of the config,…
    comment by Philpax · 2025-11-14 · in Moving Back to a Tiling WM – XMonad
  13. …much of the same benefit with much less trouble. For reference, Niri's config is very approachable: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/blob/main/resources/default-c...
    comment by Philpax · 2025-11-14 · in Moving Back to a Tiling WM – XMonad
  14. Looking at a video demo of Niri for an example: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri Conceptually, it's like an infinite 2D canvas windows, divided into strips (strip is a workspace), and you then scroll through an infinite ribbon of windows in…
    comment by lelandbatey · 2025-11-14 · in Moving Back to a Tiling WM – XMonad
  15. …and you can accidentally unmaximize them and start horizontally scrolling into new blades.) [0] https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri
    comment by WorldMaker · 2025-10-29 · in Tell HN: Azure outage
  16. Niri supports [floating windows]( https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Floating-Windows ). I think is the same as stacking, right?
    comment by mega-tux · 2025-10-10 · in Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
  17. I drew that once in a github issue and next thing I knew it was there! https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/discussions/352#discussioncom...
    comment by boomskats · 2025-10-03 · in Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
  18. …I'm not recommending anyone run this in favor of newer versions, but it's working for me. [0] https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v0.1.3
    comment by argiopetech · 2025-10-03 · in Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
  19. Fair enough. "Overview" [0] presumably solves this, though. [0] https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Overview
    comment by argiopetech · 2025-10-03 · in Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
  20. …but they are like separate strips entirely. Maybe the video of the overview on this page will help: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Overview
    comment by atlintots · 2025-10-03 · in Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
  21. Yes, please see this page: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Window-Ru...
    comment by atlintots · 2025-10-03 · in Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
  22. …device to handle overrides. Just the other day the author merged 2 PRs to handle both use cases https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/pull/2482 . It's not in a release yet but hopefully soon.
    comment by nickjj · 2025-10-03 · in Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
  23. …integration with xwayland-satellite, so it's easier to run programs that don't support wayland now: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Xwayland
    comment by atlintots · 2025-10-03 · in Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
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    Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
    story by atlintots · 2025-10-03 · 229 comments
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    Niri, a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
    story by mnmalst · 2025-08-31 · 0 comments
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    Niri v25.08
    story by todsacerdoti · 2025-08-30 · 0 comments
  27. …my brain by working 90 degrees rotated from how I'd expect it to. Apparently I'm not the only one: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/discussions/757
    comment by justinsaccount · 2025-08-10 · in Hyprland – An independent, dynamic tiling Wayland compositor
  28. …been looking to move on from i3/sway into something with a “Paper”-like experience, check out niri: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri Paper (for GNOME shell) introduced a new tiling window manager paradigm: scrolling workspaces. New windows…
    comment by gorgoiler · 2025-08-10 · in Hyprland – An independent, dynamic tiling Wayland compositor
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    Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
    story by rickcarlino · 2025-07-31 · 0 comments
  30. …project. I'm a big TWM fan, so I would also like to direct attention to my daily driver, Niri. https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri
    comment by xwiz · 2025-07-25 · in Dwl: Dwm for Wayland
  31. …would be one with an infinite horizontal strip. Not sure if I want it, but it's pretty unique. https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri?tab=readme-ov-file
    comment by abrookewood · 2025-07-19 · in Trying Guix: A Nixer's impressions
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    Niri: A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.
    story by marcodiego · 2025-07-09 · 0 comments
  33. I've been using Niri for a solid year, it's been great. https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri
    comment by yencabulator · 2025-06-22 · in Hyprland Premium
  34. …around, and it's much more pleasant as a community/project. And if you care, it's in Rust not C++. https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri
    comment by yencabulator · 2025-06-22 · in Hyprland Premium
  35. …say is that Niri[0] is absolutely fantastic, and I expect it's about to get even more popular. [0]: https://github.com/yalter/niri
    comment by boomskats · 2025-06-21 · in Hyprland Premium
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    Niri v25.05 with Overview
    story by uonr · 2025-05-22 · 0 comments
  37. It is documented here: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Xwayland I use xwayland-satellite (for Emacs) and I can copy text in Emacs to a terminal running on Wayland.
    comment by rekado · 2025-03-14 · in The Future Is Niri
  38. The _only_ thing I feel Niri still needs is this: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/discussions/352#discussioncom... Otherwise it is the perfect endgame UX for me. Regardless of screen size or form factor. I never thought I'd find something…
    comment by boomskats · 2025-03-12 · in The Future Is Niri
  39. Ha! The niri README has an answer for this, https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri , it is https://github.com/mogenson/PaperWM.spoon , "Tiled scrollable window manager for MacOS".
    comment by jackbravo · 2025-03-12 · in The Future Is Niri
  40. …solutions are a bit cumbersome [0] and I didn't manage to have a smooth experience so far... [0] https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Xwayland
    comment by ahub · 2025-03-12 · in The Future Is Niri
  41. …for this was switching over to niri[0], which if you haven't tried it, is an incredible ux. [0]: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/
    comment by boomskats · 2025-02-13 · in Reassessing Wayland
  42. …keen on the ideas of PaperWM, but don't want to lug GNOME around for the ride, niri is great: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri (Though I personally drive niri with a lot of touchpad gestures. Three-finger swipes up/down/left/right etc are…
    comment by yencabulator · 2025-02-02 · in A mouseless tale: trying for a keyboard-driven desktop
  43. Niri would be a simplified desktop to me https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri
    comment by ThatMedicIsASpy · 2025-01-26 · in Chimera Linux works toward a simplified desktop
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    Niri: A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor v25.01 release notes [video]
    story by cies · 2025-01-13 · 0 comments
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    Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
    story by kermatt · 2025-01-12 · 0 comments
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    Niri v25.01 Released
    story by todsacerdoti · 2025-01-12 · 0 comments
  47. …the switch to (for better or worse) only ever consider Wayland+Rust WMs. In this space, [niri]( https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri ) is actually quite good, and to the point - it is developing correctly _and very quickly_. So, any issues on…
    comment by chaxor · 2024-10-29 · in Improving Xwayland window resizing
  48. …like URL in Title[1] to expose the full window URL to the wm. Someone may need to hold my beer [0]: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri [1]: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/url-in-title/ignpac...
    comment by boomskats · 2024-10-04 · in Experimental web browser optimized for rabbit-holing
  49. …+20 windows) with all of them. Maybe once they will be "baked-in" in Gnome/KDE things will change. https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri
    comment by mariusmg · 2024-09-16 · in i3wm inspired wm for Windows
  50. …new program I've been using niri (a tiling WM) recently. This is their very first design principle: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Design-Principles Maybe other PaperWM-inspired WMs are similar. niri is the first I've used. If your…
    comment by celrod · 2024-08-26 · in Linux: We need tiling desktop environments