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Some clients are known for being a massive pain under Wayland. Here are great
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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
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PipeWire screensharing. It has tons of great features and tries not to infringe
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on the Discord ToS.
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- [gtkcord4](https://github.com/diamondburned/gtkcord4) is a Discord client written in GTK4.
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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
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Spotify's GUI client is [spotify-tui](https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui) which can be
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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/dasJ/spotifywm) has resolved
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the issue.
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After following the installation paragraph on the README, start Spotify with:
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```bash
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LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/spotifywm.so spotify
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```
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The path **MUST** be the absolute one. If it's not, the hack will not work.
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Now you can freely manage your Spotify client. Always use `class` to manage the
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window. For example:
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```ini
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windowrulev2 = tile, class:^(Spotify)$
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windowrulev2 = workspace 9, class:^(Spotify)$
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```
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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
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are supported, including E2EE and cross-device verification.
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