# Cage Wayland compositor

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Cage Wayland compositor and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Cage as a minimal Wayland compositor for running a single full-screen app, such as a terminal, or nesting other compositors inside it.

## Why people recommend it

- Minimal Wayland session for a terminal (1 comments): "you should probably just run a minimal Wayland session with cage + terminal emulator" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806539))
- Runs nested inside other compositors (1 comments): "running it under a nested compositor like cage" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47640736))
- Headless use with VNC or waypipe (1 comments): "Of course there is, waypipe, ssh -X, wayVNC on a headless cage" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49401804))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [AwesomeWM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/awesomewm.md): 26 recommend
- [Openbox](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openbox.md): 15 recommend
- [KWin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kwin.md): 11 recommend
- [Blackbox window manager](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blackbox-window-manager.md): 9 recommend
- [CWM window manager](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cwm.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cage Wayland compositor", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cage/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).