awesome AlternativesWindow Managers and other similar apps like awesome

Apps similar to awesome include Hyprland, which is free and open source. Other options are niri, i3, Sway and Loop - Window Management. Window Managers like awesome are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Hyprland icon
     55 likes

    An independent tiling Wayland compositor written in C++. Noteworthy features of Hyprland include dynamic tiling, tabbed windows, a clean and readable C++ code-base, and a custom renderer that provides window animations, rounded corners, and Dual-Kawase Blur on transparent windows.

    38 Hyprland alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Slackware
    • Wayland
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  2. niri icon
     17 likes

    Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.

    87 niri alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  3. i3 icon
     75 likes

    i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager with clean, readable and documented code, featuring extended Xinerama support, usage of libxcb instead of xlib and several improvements over wmii.

    89 i3 alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. Sway icon
     24 likes

    Sway is a Tiling Wayland Compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.

    58 Sway alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. Loop is a macOS app that simplifies window management for you! You can effortlessly choose your window direction using a radial menu triggered by a simple key press, and customize it according to your preferences with personalized colors and settings.

    51 Loop - Window Management alternatives

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    • Mac
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  6. Openbox icon
     78 likes

    Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.

    80 Openbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7.  10 likes

    KWin is a window manager for the X Window System, and is in the process of becoming a Wayland compositor. It is an integral part, and the default window manager of the Plasma Workspaces, but it can also be used on its own or with other desktop environments.

    60 KWin alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. yabai icon
     7 likes

    yabai started as a C99 rewrite of chunkwm, originally supposed to be its first RC version.

    135 yabai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  9. dwm icon
     24 likes

    dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.

    87 dwm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. Fluxbox icon
     33 likes

    Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience. It is built using C++ and licensed under the MIT license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • C++
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  11. Qtile icon
     9 likes

    A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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