sway

tiling Wayland compositor
CreativeWork tiling_window_manager Q28975508
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Sway is a creative work that was established on March 24, 2016[1].

sway

Summary

sway is a tiling window manager[1]. sway draws 431 Wikipedia views per month (tiling_window_manager category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • sway's instance of is recorded as tiling window manager[3].
  • sway's instance of is recorded as Wayland compositor[4].
  • sway's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • sway's maintained by is recorded as Simon Ser[6].
  • sway's based on is recorded as i3[7].
  • sway's copyright license is recorded as Expat license[8].
  • sway's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[9].
  • sway's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[10].
  • sway's operating system is recorded as BSD[11].
  • sway's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[12].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[13].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1[14].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.1[15].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2[16].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4[17].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5[18].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5.1[19].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6[20].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6.1[21].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7[22].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8[23].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.1[24].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9[25].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10[26].
  • sway's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.1[27].

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Adaptations and Inspiration

i3 inspired sway[28].

Why It Matters

sway draws 431 Wikipedia views per month (tiling_window_manager category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] sway has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] sway is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . drewdevault.com. Retrieved . drewdevault.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Open Hub. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . phoronix.com. Retrieved . phoronix.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . phoronix.com. Retrieved . phoronix.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . phoronix.com. Retrieved . phoronix.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Lokiretro · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1 +13
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 1.12"
  2. 9d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Source code repository url https://github.com/swaywm/sway.git, git://github.com/swaywm/sway.git, https://github.com/swaywm/sway
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ [[Property:P1324]]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway"
  3. 12d ago · Bcxfu75k · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +2016-03-24T00:00:00Z
    Inception
    Copyright status copyrighted
    Website
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1324]]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway"
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