PaperWM is an experimental Gnome Shell extension providing scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It's inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. Supports Gnome Shell 3.28 and 3.30 on X11 and wayland.
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Amethyst Alternatives
Amethyst is described as 'Tiling window manager for Mac similar to the xmonad tiling window manager popular on Linux. Amethyst is written in Objective-C and has configurable shortcuts, multi-monitor support, multiple layouts, and the option to float certain applications' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Amethyst for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Wayland, BSD and Windows apps. The best Amethyst alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Amethyst are Rectangle, niri, Sway and Loop - Window Management.
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50 PaperWM alternatives
Strata is a cutting-edge, robust and sleek Wayland compositor written in Rust using the Smithay library. It is designed to be minimal and flexible yet customizable. Strata is configured in Lua, a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language.
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Window management utility on macOS enabling window snapping, 2- and 3-zone layouts, app rotation, keyboard and trackpad gesture controls, plus overview mode for fast app assignment and switching, offering efficient multitasking in customizable zones.
One macOS hotkey to switch entire project contexts: browser profiles (10 browsers), apps, window layouts, terminal env vars, and Spaces - all restored instantly. Native, unsandboxed, with iCloud sync. Built for devs & agencies juggling many clients.
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MacOS Niri and Hyprland inspired tiling window manager that's developer signed and notorized (safe for managed enterprise environments). Aiming for parity and extra innovation.
Way Cooler is a tiling Wayland window manager, written in Rust, configurable using Lua, and extendable with D-Bus.
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Window manager for X inspired by DWM, i3, and other tiling window managers. Windows are assigned to tags, and are automatically arranged on the screen in a stacked layout making the most of your monitor.
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