I've switched from RiverWM to MaomaoWM and I'm loving it. I still get tags rather than workspaces and per output tags. I can have custom animations just like Hyprland and an IPC client like on Sway.
I recently switched from Code Saver to my own Iosevka configuration, and at first I found it to look great in Neovide (a Neovim GUI) but too narrow in my terminal, especially with FFmpeg output. I thought maybe it was due to font rendering differences, like spacing or character widths. But then I took a screenshot with the font sizes set the same in both apps, and overlaid a word in one app to another ... and the text is rendered the same.
Fairly basic, but very usable and feels a lot better than windows. Feels like the fake sleek modern/futuristic ui they show in tv shows. What music visualizers do you guys like? I enjoy cavalier, miss wallpaper engine, but Hidamari is decent.
XFCE note: autohide panel (the clock is not), accessibility WM tweaks turned on (hide title...) as I usually have a window maximized. Raise-on-focus (Window Manager settings, similar setting in tweaks for window cycling) turned off, allowing rolled-up windows to not disappear when unfocused.