Active Wayland via River Started 2026

Stacking, Floating · Window Manager

Canoe

A stacking window manager for the River Wayland compositor, written in Rust. Features Stacking window management Server-side decorations with classic window borders & titlebars Titlebar/edge window movement and resizing (Super+Drag anywhere) Multihead support (focus/send windows across outputs) Window switcher (keyboard cycle + desktop right-click menu)…

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Canoe Screenshot
Status
Active
Type
Window Manager
Paradigm
Stacking, Floating
Server
Wayland via River
Written in
Rust
GPU
Indirect

Overview

About Canoe

A stacking window manager for the River Wayland compositor, written in Rust.

Features

  • Stacking window management
  • Server-side decorations with classic window borders & titlebars
  • Titlebar/edge window movement and resizing (Super+Drag anywhere)
  • Multihead support (focus/send windows across outputs)
  • Window switcher (keyboard cycle + desktop right-click menu)
  • Window focus follows click
  • Minimized windows shown as icons on the desktop (can be disabled)
  • Optional forcing server-side decorations via per-window rules
  • Optional "swallowing" of client-side decoration via per-window rules
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Notable features

Classic stacking manager with server-side titlebars and edge or modifier drag operations

Gallery

Screenshots

Canoe Screenshot