Active Wayland via River Started 2026

Tiling · Window Manager

orilla

orilla is a Rust-based window manager for the river Wayland compositor. Inspired by XMonad, it exists for a simple reason: layout is ergonomics. How your tools are arranged affects how well you can use them. features Dynamic tiling for river, configured in Rust. Composable layouts with predictable keyboard-driven navigation. Strong integration with river…

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Status
Active
Type
Window Manager
Paradigm
Tiling
Server
Wayland via River
Written in
Rust
GPU
Indirect

Overview

About orilla

orilla is a Rust-based window manager for the river Wayland compositor.

Inspired by XMonad, it exists for a simple reason: layout is ergonomics. How your tools are arranged affects how well you can use them.

features

  • Dynamic tiling for river, configured in Rust.
  • Composable layouts with predictable keyboard-driven navigation.
  • Strong integration with river protocol behavior and seat/input handling.
  • Two entry points: code-first orilla library and TOML-based orilla-run.
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Notable features

XMonad-inspired composable layouts with both code-first Rust configuration and a TOML runner

Gallery

Screenshots

orilla Screenshot