awesome Alternatives

awesome is described as 'Highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to awesome for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best awesome alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like awesome are i3, Sway, niri and Loop - Window Management.

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  1. Miriway icon
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    Miriway is a starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir.

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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    An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Openbox
    • Wayland
     
  3. PaperDE icon
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    A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire.

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    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Wayland
     
  4. WMFS² icon
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    WMFS² is a lightweight and highly configurable tiling window manager for X written in C. WMFS² is a free software distributed under the BSD license. It can be driven from keyboard or mouse and its configuration stands in one text file, easily understandable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Xlambda icon
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    Xlambda is an X window manager that is extensible in Guile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Lumina is a lightweight, BSD licensed, standards-compliant desktop environment based upon Qt and Fluxbox. It is being developed on PC-BSD, and is being packaged for distribution on the PC-BSD package repository as well.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PC-BSD
     
  7. PaperWM icon
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    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.

    51 PaperWM alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
  8.  Like

    A Wayland compositor.

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    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
     
  9. StumpWM icon
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    StumpWM is a tiling, keyboard driven X11 Window Manager written and scriptable in Common Lisp. StumpWM attempts to be customizable yet visually minimal. There are no window decorations, no icons, and no buttons.

    65 StumpWM alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Polonium icon
     1 like

    An autotile manager for Plasma 6. An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. The descendant of autotile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Wayland
     
  11. The Emerald Theme Manager allows you to install, edit and switch between Emerald themes. In order for it to work, select Emerald as your window decorator. You will also need to enable the Window Decorations plugin (via CCSM).

    51 Emerald Theme Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Ubuntu
    • BSD
     
  12. Ratpoison icon
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    Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames. All windows are kept maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of your...

    69 Ratpoison alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
     
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