--- title: How Is niri This Good? Live Demo + Config — Nick Janetakis description: niri is a scrollable tiled window compositor for Wayland that offers fast performance, flexible window management with scrolling/tiling/floating modes, tab... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-is-niri-this-good-live-demo-config-nick-janetakis-0zkbipqvy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Is niri This Good? Live Demo + Config — Nick Janetakis | daily.dev og:description: niri is a scrollable tiled window compositor for Wayland that offers fast performance, flexible window management with scrolling/tiling/floating modes, tab... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-is-niri-this-good-live-demo-config-nick-janetakis-0zkbipqvy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0zkBIpqVY.png og:image:alt: How Is niri This Good? Live Demo + Config — Nick Janetakis og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How Is niri This Good? Live Demo + Config — Nick Janetakis **[Nick Janetakis](https://daily.dev/sources/nickjanetakis)** · 2 min read · 72 upvotes · 7 comments ## Summary niri is a scrollable tiled window compositor for Wayland that offers fast performance, flexible window management with scrolling/tiling/floating modes, tab groups, multiple workspaces, flawless multi-monitor support, and seamless X11 app compatibility through XWayland. The demo covers key features including window scaling, workspace navigation, ALT-TAB overview, window resizing, tabs, floating windows, configuration options, auto-reload, window rules, theming, and keybindings. It's optimized for keyboard, mouse, and trackpad use with drag/drop and screensharing support. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@noricode** · 1 upvotes > solution for plebs who only have 1 monitor and stubbornly want to have apps maximized **@spamcatcher** · 0 upvotes > Icewm still snappier than any of this hot garbage **@sunyfilip** · 0 upvotes > Does anyone has experience with both niri and hyprland?....I am wonder if someone could give us proper comparison? 🙂 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Day to Day Window Management Workflows and Why I Picked niri — Nick Janetakis](https://daily.dev/posts/day-to-day-window-management-workflows-and-why-i-picked-niri-nick-janetakis-7ogcg8x7r) · Nick Janetakis · 13 upvotes · 1 comments - [I Finally Tried Niri, The New Way Of Tiling Linux Users Are Going Crazy About](https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-tried-niri-the-new-way-of-tiling-linux-users-are-going-crazy-about-foaxkbwok) · It's Foss · 103 upvotes · 19 comments - [Niri 25.11 Rust-Written Wayland Compositor Adds Alt-Tab Switcher, New Animations](https://daily.dev/posts/niri-25-11-rust-written-wayland-compositor-adds-alt-tab-switcher-new-animations-as0jmtbjk) · Phoronix · 33 upvotes · 1 comments - [Nehir: a tiling window manager for macOS](https://daily.dev/posts/nehir-a-tiling-window-manager-for-macos-wxuuvgzfv) · Lobsters · 13 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#window-manager](https://daily.dev/tags/window-manager) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-is-niri-this-good-live-demo-config-nick-janetakis-0zkbipqvy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How Is niri This Good? 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