/r/swaywm/

r/swaywm

20k members
r/swaywm is a subreddit with 20k members. They frequently recommend/review file manager and email client, and the most common flair used is ricing, question, 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
Ricing
: "[Fedora] Moving from hyprland to sway | Ricing"
49 posts
#2
Question
: "how do i get rid of the space above my waybar?"
49 posts
#3
Utility
: "Firefox is now way more efficient under sway. It can direct do direct compositing with dmabuf"
45 posts
#4
Discussion
: "Every F*cking Time!"
21 posts
#5
Release
: "Sway now supports sharing individual windows."
21 posts
#6
Guide
: "Instantly Responsive Sway Status using Unix Socket"
6 posts
#7
Script
: "Dwm's "Master stack" layout on sway"
5 posts
#8
PSA
: "PSA: touchpad drag-and-drop changed in sway 1.11"
3 posts
#9
Solved
: "[UPDATE] Another post about sway + nvidia"
1 post

Member Growth in r/swaywm

Yearly
+4k members(27.7%)

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Last updated: June 22, 2026