Cage Wayland compositor
Shares rank 28 of 30 window managers by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Minimal Wayland session for a terminal
“you should probably just run a minimal Wayland session with cage + terminal emulator”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer” Runs nested inside other compositors
“running it under a nested compositor like cage”
Comment from 4 Apr 2026 in “Run Linux containers on Android, no root required” Headless use with VNC or waypipe
“Of course there is, waypipe, ssh -X, wayVNC on a headless cage”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Stop Making TUIs”
Other window managers people recommend
The four most recommended other window managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyprland | 82 | 33 | 71% | 12 | 1 mo4 owners | Approved |
| Rectangle for macOS | 67 | 3 | 96% | 11 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| Enlightenment window manager | 51 | 19 | 73% | 8 | — | Approved |
| FVWM | 28 | 4 | 88% | 8 | 25 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Cage Wayland compositorThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Of course there is, waypipe, ssh -X, wayVNC on a headless cage”
“you should probably just run a minimal Wayland session with cage + terminal emulator”
“running it under a nested compositor like cage”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.