# Qtile

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Qtile and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Qtile as a stable, flexible tiling window manager that you configure and extend in Python. Critics say its Wayland support lags behind.

## Why people recommend it

- Configured and extended in Python (3 comments): "modify everything in python, can import any module of it and can install anything" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982755)) "Very flexible and easily hackable in python yet reasonably stable and fast" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46237021)) "enjoyed how easy it was to extend, given it is configured with Python" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46013487))
- Good tiling window manager (2 comments): "Give Qtile a go if you've been looking for a Tiling Window Manager." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46003485)) "tilling-WMs like AwesomeWM and QTile" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46242641))
- Good experience overall (2 comments): "It is so underrated, it is really really good and I absolutely love it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46004245)) "It was a pretty great experience over all." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46021225))

## What people warn about

- Wayland support lags (1 comments): "It's a shame it isnt quite there with wayland." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46005850))
- Feels less natural than Niri (1 comments): "I was able to get a decent custom config with Qtile, but Niri is so much more natural." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47903119))

## Cite as

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