I’ve been on the fence since I’ve been trying Hyprland. What I want out of a window manager / DE is lots of window customization settings (borders, animations, etc.), & having configuration inside one file or one directory with hot-reloading (I’m switching from KDE since its config files all over the place). Hyprland is very popular among WM users with a large ecosystem, though I prefer stacking rather than tiling. I can make it work with some window rules, and shell scripts using hyprctl & jq.
I’m wondering how many little things I will need to fix / figure out. For instance, when I open the firefox bookmarks library with CTRL SHIFT O. When that window is open but not focused, and not on top, if I press CTRL SHIFT O again on a DE it comes back to the top, but not on Hyprland. I could probably find a fix for that?
I might be answering my own question but I really want to hear thoughts.
No hyprland is a tiling window manager in the first place. It support floating windows but is not a stacking window manager. Making it work will only cause extra frustration because you will need a lot of workarounds to get something similar to a stacking wm.
Since traditional tiling window management hasn’t caught your interest you might check out Niri, which is a scrolling tiling wm. The differences are that windows always stay the size you set them to, remain in the relative layout you put them in, and you don’t fiddle with layout switching. Niri is also especially mouse- and touchpad-friendly. It’s great for pure keyboard use too - you have both options to suit your preference & mood.
I mention Niri despite it not being what you asked for because it checks all the boxes you listed (apart from stacking), and it’s amazing! https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri
