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Niri rethinks traditional tiling window management by introducing a scrollable, infinite horizontal strip model. Instead of constantly shrinking existing windows to accommodate new ones, Niri places new windows to the right, allowing users to smoothly scroll horizontally across their workspace. It strictly isolates these strips per monitor, preventing awkward window overflows across physical screen boundaries. The system uses dynamic vertical workspaces, ensuring there is always a clean workspace available below the active one.

Linux power users, developers, and desktop customization enthusiasts seeking a novel, highly organized Wayland window management experience.

• Scrollable layout: Arranges windows side-by-side on an infinitely wide, horizontally scrolling plane.
• Non-destructive tiling: Opening new applications never forces existing windows to resize or compromise their layout.
• Monitor isolation: Maintains strictly independent window strips and workspaces for each physical monitor.
• Dynamic vertical workspaces: Automatically manages vertical workspaces, always providing an empty tier when needed.
• Wayland native: Built from the ground up as a modern Wayland compositor using the Rust-based Smithay library.

1. v26.04v26.04Apr 25, 20263.9K downloads

   Niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor. Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize. As you may have noticed, niri now lives in a [GitHub org](https://github.com/niri-wm) rather than my (@YaLTeR) personal account. The primary reason was the ability to give out issue triage permissions: I'd like to give a **massive thanks** to @Sempyos for triaging *all* of our issues and pull requests, answering many, many questions, and helping people diagnose their problems with niri. We've also moved a few niri-adjacent projects to the GitHub org, like the [awesome-niri](https://github.com/niri-wm/awesome-niri) list of related projects maintained by @Vortriz and a new [artwork](https://github.com/niri-wm/artwork) repo by @bluelinden and @HumpityDumpityDumber—two of the creators of our project logo. In the artwork repo, you can find a badge and several [wallpapers](https://github.com/niri-wm/artwork/tree/main/wallpapers), including two stunning 3D works created by @Duncan-Rose in Blender: | pool | cut | | --- | --- | | ![](https://github.com/niri-wm/artwork/blob/main/wallpapers/Niri%20p

2. v25.11v25.11Nov 29, 20254K downloads

   Two weeks ago, Cloudflare had a major outage that took down a good half of the internet. Their [postmortem](https://blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/) included a snippet of Rust code with an `unwrap()`, causing much internet discourse. Now it is my turn to release Rust software with a healthy dose of `unwrap()`s, `assert!`s, and checked arithmetic enabled in release builds. Niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor. Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize. Here are the improvements from the last release. > [!NOTE] > Packagers: niri now supports libdisplay-info 0.3. Most niri packages updated this dependency back in September using a patch—this patch is no longer necessary. ## Alt-Tab After multiple major iterations and a lot of work by @rustn00b, we have an Alt-Tab recent windows switcher! https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4996d0be-638f-403b-b111-89a343d50c00 It's got live window previews, window titles that fade if they're too long, and supports [windows blocked out from screencasts](https://yalter.github.io/niri/Screencasting.html#block-out-

3. v25.08v25.08Aug 30, 20252.1K downloads

   Niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor. Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize. A month ago, on July 31st, we hit 10,000 stars on GitHub! Thanks everyone for your support. 😄 Also, on August 10, niri turned two years old since the [initial commit](https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/commit/ad3c3f8cefd38d2bf26b466d8e34eccde3bca443). With introductions out of the way, here are the improvements from the last release. > [!NOTE] > Packagers: > > - Niri still requires libdisplay-info 0.2 (not 0.3). When libdisplay-info-rs [updates its requirement](https://github.com/Smithay/libdisplay-info-rs/issues/15), you will likely be able to bump it in niri with no other changes. > - Some tests now require surfaceless EGL to be available at test time. If this is problematic, you can ignore them with `cargo test -- --skip=::egl`. > - The wiki contents have moved from `wiki/` to `docs/wiki/`. > - We have a new [Integrating niri](https://yalter.github.io/niri/Integrating-niri.html) wiki page with information on integrating niri into distributions, which you may find helpful. ## A logo

4. v25.05.1v25.05.1May 25, 20251.4K downloads

   This is a hotfix release for [niri v25.05](https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v25.05). * Fixed handling of layer surfaces unmapped through a null buffer commit: they will now receive an initial configure as necessary (thanks @alex-huff). This makes the [kitty quick access terminal](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/quick-access-terminal/) work. * Fixed unmapped layer surfaces preventing popups from appearing (thanks @alex-huff). * Fixed brief hover events when the cursor is [hidden](https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Miscellaneous#hide-when-typing) (thanks @Duncaen). Also fixed brief cursor hovers when a hidden cursor warps (i.e. with `warp-mouse-to-focus` or with `focus-monitor-right` etc.). * Renamed `un/set/toggle-urgent` to `un/set/toggle-window-urgent`, their intended name. This was my oversight. This change is not config-breaking because these actions aren't bindable, but it does mean you need to change the name when calling `niri msg action`. I went ahead with this break because I don't believe these actions are used anywhere yet (and others confirmed that). * Fixed screen not always redrawing on `niri msg set-window-urgent` and other ur

5. v25.05v25.05May 17, 2025231 downloads

   Niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor. Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize. Here are the improvements from the last release. > [!NOTE] > Packagers: the niri default config now spawns [waybar](https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar) at startup so as not to start with a blank desktop. Please consider adding Waybar as a recommended dependency (or changing it to some other bar). ## The Overview The big new thing in niri v25.05 is the Overview. It zooms out your workspaces and windows to let you see what's going on at a glance, navigate, and drag windows around, all without having to touch the keyboard. https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/379a5d1f-acdb-4c11-b36c-e85fd91f0995 You can open it with the `toggle-overview` bind, via the new top-left hot corner, or using a touchpad four-finger swipe. While in the overview, all keyboard shortcuts keep working, while pointing devices get easier: - Mouse: left click and drag windows to move them, right click and drag to scroll workspaces left/right, scroll to switch workspaces (no holding Mod required). - Touchpad: t

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