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Some clients are known for being a massive pain under Wayland. Here are great
replacements for them:
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## Discord
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- [WebCord ](https://github.com/SpacingBat3/WebCord ) is a Discord client based on
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the latest Electron, with support for Wayland Ozone platform, as well as
PipeWire screensharing. It has tons of great features and tries not to infringe
on the Discord ToS.
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- [gtkcord4 ](https://github.com/diamondburned/gtkcord4 ) is a Discord client written in GTK4.
While it does infringe on Discord's ToS, it's relatively safe and doesn't rely on any webview technologies.
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## Spotify
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Spotify does not follow window rules. This is because the client sets its class _after_
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the window has opened, thus making it "immune" to windowrules. An alternative to
Spotify's GUI client is [spotify-tui ](https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui ) which can be
launched in a terminal with a custom class. While limited in functionality, it is quite
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powerful and could be preferred over the GUI client. Another alternative is [ncspot ](https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot ), a powerful cross-platform ncurses Spotify client written in Rust.
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Some users have also reported [installing spotifywm ](https://github.com/amurzeau/spotifywm ) has resolved
the issue. The original repository by [`dasJ` ](https://github.com/dasJ/spotifywm ) is no longer working because of some changes made in the newer
Spotify version, and until the pull request gets merged, [`amurzeau's fork` ](https://github.com/amurzeau/spotifywm ) does the job.
After following the installation paragraph on the README, start Spotify with:
```bash
LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/spotifywm.so spotify
```
The path **MUST** be the absolute one. If it's not, the hack will not work.
Now you can freely manage your Spotify client. Always use `class` to manage the
window. For example:
```ini
windowrulev2 = tile, class:^(Spotify)$
windowrulev2 = workspace 9, class:^(Spotify)$
```
Pick your poison.
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## Matrix/Element
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[Fractal ](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Fractal ) is a Matrix client written in GTK4.
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Much like Discord, Element is known to have a lot of problems as a result of being
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based on Electron. Fractal currently doesn't support VoIP calling, but all other features
are supported, including E2EE and cross-device verification.
