Sway (window manager)

Sway is a tiling window manager and Wayland compositor, inspired by i3, and written in C.^[3] Sway is designed as a drop-in replacement for i3 using the Wayland display server protocol and wlroots compositor library.^[4] Sway works with existing i3 configuration files and supports most of i3's features while providing several new features of its own.^[5]

Original authorDrew DeVault (SirCmpwn)

ReleaseMarch 24, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-03-24)^[1]

Stable release

1.12^[2]  / 25 May 2026; 3 months ago (25 May 2026)

Written inC

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Sway
Original author	Drew DeVault (SirCmpwn)
Release	March 24, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-03-24)[1]
Stable release	1.12[2]  / 25 May 2026; 3 months ago (25 May 2026)
Written in	C
Operating system	Unix-like
Size	5.33 MiB
Type	Window manager
License	MIT License
Website	swaywm.org
Repository	github.com/swaywm/sway

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Sway's first stable release was on 11 March 2019, after 3.6 years of development.^[6]

In April 2023, an official Fedora sway spin released with Fedora 38.^[7][8]