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River is actually really nice! I have been a Sway user for multiple years before, but as it reached parity with i3, it was deemed "feature complete" (which is reasonable, as it was made to be a drop-in replacement), so I switched to Hyprland, but after making a small contribution I found the development too chaotic, so I started looking for something else.
I have been really happy with River. It still has some small shortcomings (e.g. minor visual glitches with fullscreening, and some less used options still missing), but the developers are very responsive on IRC (which I'm actually not a huge fan of, this was the first time I had to use it, but it's OK for what it is) and it being written in Zig is a huge selling point for me, as I don't have to write any C or C++ to extend it (my first PR is already on the way) when something I'd like to do is not yet possible.
If you're willing to spend a while getting to know it and setting up the environment (it relies on external programs for some functionality that is built-in in other compositors, such as monitor management), then I'd definitely say that it's worth a shot!
This sounds exactly what I'm searching for then. Besides that I don't know Zig and would prefer C/C++ I only hear good or familiar things. Bspwm is also not the most bug free wm when it comes to visual glitches.
Also not beeing so monolithic and relying on external programs is actually a major plus point for me. Actually I really dislike how Wayland (or rather most compositor implementations) fused everything into one project.
I think I'll give it a try at some point.