r/swaywm is a subreddit with 20k 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
: "A buddy and I made a mascot on drawpile"
65 posts
#2
Ricing
: "Nothing looks better than Sway"
44 posts
#3
Utility
: "OmniGlyph v1.1.0 Release"
15 posts
#4
Discussion
: "Bro wasted so much time on hyprland (which itself claims to be not stable yet) that, he chose to hate on swaywm for making himself feel good."
6 posts
#5
Release
: "scroll wayland compositor stable version 1.12.16"
4 posts
#6
Script
: "1:pipes.sh 2: hyfetch/fastfetch 3:cbonsai -l 4:cmatrix + this is my first sway rice"
2 posts
#7
Solved
: "So I tried Linux mint, fedora, cachyOS, endeavourOS, Arch, kde plasma, gnome, hyprland, niri. But at the end I think I will stick to sway and Debian, why because I am fed up with eye-candy effects and love stability"
1 post
#8
Guide
: "Primeira vez utilizando Sway"
1 post
Member Growth in r/swaywm
Yearly
+5k members(29.0%)
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Last updated: August 11, 2026