r/swaywm is a subreddit with 21k members. They frequently recommend/review file manager and email client, and the most common flair used is question, ricing, utility, discussion, and release.
A subreddit dedicated to the Sway window manager, a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager, but for Wayland instead of X11.
Products Discussed in r/swaywm
File Manager
9 reviews
#1
Nemo
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Dolphin
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
XFCE
4.0★ from 1 review
Email Client
6 reviews
#1
Neomutt
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Claws Mail
3.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Geary
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/swaywm
#1
Question
: "Is Sway a good long-term replacement for KDE for a beginner on WMs?"
35 posts
#2
Ricing
: "Almost done ;)"
31 posts
#3
Utility
: "[OC] I built a daemon that automatically puts icons of the currently running programs into your workspace names and titlebars"
16 posts
#4
Discussion
: "Back to sway"
7 posts
#5
Release
: "dew: zero-config, good-looking drop-in replacements for sway's default utilities"
4 posts
#6
Solved
: "Sway patch for all the ultrawide homies out there"
2 posts
#7
Guide
: "[Swayfx] Got to disable the titles when tabbed with just this single modification (setting the font size to 0.1). I never liked how much space they use."
2 posts
#8
PSA
: "You do not have to use Satty (or Swappy/Flameshot), full image editors actually work great."
1 post
#9
Script
: "My Actually Productive Debian Setup (and rice) from script"
1 post
Member Growth in r/swaywm
Yearly
+5k members(30.4%)
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Last updated: September 22, 2026