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In wayland the desktop environment is also the compositor.

From Xorg to Wayland/sway

  • i3 - sway - Window manager
  • nitrogen - swaybg - Wallpaper utility
  • i3lock - swaylock/swayidle - screen lock
  • xclipboard/xclip - wl-clipboard - clipboard management
  • i3bar - swaybar - status bar
  • scrot - grim/slurp - Screenshots
  • redshift - wlsunset - Blue light filter
  • dmenu/rofi - wofi - Launcher
  • xbacklight - light/brillo - Brightness management
  • xev - wev - debugging wayland events
  • xrandr - swaymsg output - Display output
  • xsel - wl-clipboard
  • xdotool - Does not have any replacement?

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