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You always can compile this from source. Anyway I've seen a lot of screenshots with hyprland and qtile on void, so it's possible to install it without problems. Plus i checked floorp github, they already have compliled bin for linux.
About worth it or not, it depends do you want google stuff like how to install pipewire, but if you can read and have some free time, then it's good experience. In the end you getting very minimal and fast distro and you can controll it by yourself. Xbps package manager little faster than arch's pacman and of course x100 faster than dnf.
Btw I've been using void + dwm since september without distrohopping for 6,5 months (now I'm on arch testing kde 6). Very good distro! Have fun!