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 # sway [![](https://api.travis-ci.org/SirCmpwn/sway.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/SirCmpwn/sway) [![Donate with fosspay](https://drewdevault.com/donate/static/donate-with-fosspay.png)](https://drewdevault.com/donate?project=4)
 
 "**S**irCmpwn's **Way**land compositor" is a **work in progress**
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 [More screenshots](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway/wiki/Screenshots-of-Sway)
 
+This fork attempts to add
+[Awesome](http://awesomewm.org)/[Monad](http://xmonad.org) style auto layouts
+to Sway. For us lazies that just want things to happen automatically!
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 ## Release Signatures
 
 Releases are signed with [B22DA89A](http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x52CB6609B22DA89A)