River

Non-monolithic Wayland compositor that lets users choose any window manager implementing its protocol.

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River is an open-source, non-monolithic Wayland compositor that separates the compositor from window-management policy, letting users pick any compatible window manager rather than being locked into one bundled together. It's aimed at Linux users who want that separation of concerns on Wayland.

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