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 Hypr is a dynamic Linux tiling window manager for Xorg. It's written in XCB with modern C++ and aims to provide easily readable and expandable code.
 
+Hypr is _only_ a window manager. It is not a compositor and does not implement a compositor's functionality. You can run it without one (e.g. Picom) though, since it runs on Xorg, which doesn't require a compositor.
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 Hypr needs testers! Check it out and report suggestions or bugs!
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