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Niri 25.11 Rust-Written Wayland Compositor Adds Alt-Tab Switcher, New Animations

Written by Michael Larabel in Wayland on 29 November 2025 at 05:49 AM EST. 7 Comments
Niri 25.11 is now available as the latest feature release for this Rust-written, scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

One of the most notable changes with Niri 25.11 is introducing its own Alt-Tab window switcher. This Alt-Tab window switcher for Niri has live window previews and various usability enhancements to make for a better Alt-Tab experience under this Wayland compositor.

👁 Niri Alt-Tab window switcher


Niri 25.11 also brings new un/fullscreen animations, true Wayland maximize handling, per-output and per-workspace layout configuration support, DisplayLink dock device support, reduced screen blanking, custom output modes, better screen reader handling, and other improvements.

Downloads and more details on the Niri 25.11 Wayland compositor release via GitHub.

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