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sway
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swaywm / sway

sway

i3-compatible Wayland compositor

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

i3-compatible Wayland compositor

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 10:56:20 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year106 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-08-16 19:36:44 UTC to 2026-03-20 13:37:33 UTC.

051015202015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20152016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 10 mentions; 1 submissions, 9 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 10 mentions; 0 submissions, 10 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 2 submissions, 2 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 16 mentions; 1 submissions, 15 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 21 mentions; 2 submissions, 19 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 13 mentions; 1 submissions, 12 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 10 mentions; 1 submissions, 9 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 10 mentions; 0 submissions, 10 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 5 submissions, 2 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

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20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1019
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC10010
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC422
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC16115
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC21219
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC13112
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1019
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC10010
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC752
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

From the project README

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sway English - عربي - Azərbaycanca - Česky - Deutsch - Dansk - Español - Français - ქართული - Ελληνικά - हिन्दी - Magyar - فارسی - Italiano - 日本語 - 한국어 - Nederlands - Norsk - Polski - Português - Română - Русский - Српски - Svenska - Türkçe - Українська - 中文-简体 - 中文-繁體 sway is an i3-compatible Wayland compositor. Read the FAQ. Join the IRC channel (#sway on irc.libera.chat). Release Signatures Releases are signed with E88F5E48 and published on GitHub. Installation From Packages Sway is available in many distributions. Try installing the "sway" package for yours. Compiling from Source Check out this wiki page if you want to build the HEAD of sway and wlroots for testing or development. Install dependencies: meson * wlroots wayland wayland-protocols * pcre2 json-c pango cairo gdk-pixbuf2 (optional: additional image formats for system tray) swaybg (optional: wallpaper) scdoc (optional: man pages) * git (optional: version info) * * Compile-time dep Run these commands: meson setup build/ ninja -C build/ sudo ninja -C build/ install Configuration If you already use i3, then copy your i3 config to ~/.config/sway/config and it'll work out of the box. Otherwise, copy the sample configuration file to ~/.config/sway/config. It is usually located at /etc/sway/config. Run man 5 sway for information on the configuration. Running Run sway from a TTY or from a display manager.
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Sir_Cmpwn·Oct 3, 2016
Feel free to reach out to me directly if you're interested in participating in any of these projects, I'll help you get started. Note that I don't always have things getting done "this month" - tell us you're interested and we'll find something for you to work on. - - - Sway (https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway) - An i3-compatible Wayland compositor (MIT license) This month: we're shipping Sway 0.10, but still accepting bug fixes and new features from our roadmap or your imagination: http://swaywm.org/roadmap Roles for: C programming, docs writing, testing, user support Visit us on IRC: #sway on irc.freenode.net (webchat: https://goo.gl/nOg1X4) Feel free to stop by and get some direction for how you can help out! - - - aerc (https://github.com/SirCmpwn/aerc) - An async command line email client (MIT license) This month: someone's working on
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key bindings Roles for: C programming Ping me on the IRC network of your choice (SirCmpwn) and I'll help you get started, there's no IRC channel yet - - - KnightOS (http://knightos.org) - An operating system for calculators (MIT license, mostly) TODO: Too much for a HN comment, tell me what you're interested in and I'll hook you up with the right project Roles for: Programming in C, assembly, JavaScript, Python, docs writing, marketing Chat: #knightos on irc.freenode.net http://www.knightos.org/irc/ - - - TrueCraft (https://truecraft.io) - An open source implementation of Minecraft beta 1.7.3 (MIT license) This month: things are quiet, ping me and I'll set you up to contribute Roles for: Programming in C#, Python, JavaScript, docs writing, marketing Chat: #truecraft on irc.esper.net (webchat: https://goo.gl/G8evBV)
In Ask HN: Who needs contributors? (October 2016)

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