Decision Workspace
sworkstyle vs multibg-wayland vs sway-monocle-layout
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
sworkstyle
stablev1.3.9
Workspaces with the swayest style! This program will dynamically rename your workspaces to indicate which programs are running in each workspace. It uses the Sway IPC. In the absence of a config file, one will be generated automatically.See ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/workstyle/config.yml for details.
46
multibg-wayland
experimentalv0.2.4
Set a different wallpaper for the background of each Sway or Hyprland or niri workspace
46
sway-monocle-layout
experimentalv2.2.1
A monocle layout for Sway
Core Metrics
| sworkstyle | multibg-wayland | sway-monocle-layout | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 46 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 30.5K | 2.6K | 30 |
| 30d Downloads | 43 | 13 | 30 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 27 | 5 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 42d ago | 204d ago | 18d ago |
| Age | 4y 11m | 11m | 19d |
Health Breakdown
sworkstyle
Maintenance
15
Quality
16
Community
2
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
multibg-wayland
Maintenance
11
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
sway-monocle-layout
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| sworkstyle | multibg-wayland | sway-monocle-layout | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.9 | 0.2.4 | 2.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 17 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 625KB | 53KB | 16KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.87 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sworkstyle leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •multibg-wayland is pre-1.0 — API may change.