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. mangowc icon
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    wayland compositor base wlroots and scenefx(dwm but wayland).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
  2. flwm icon
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    The Fast Light Window Manager is a small stacking FLTK-based window manager written in C++ and available for redistribution under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. PyTyle icon
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    PyTyle is an extremely versatile and extensible tiling manager that is meant to be used on top of EWMH window managers. Its feature set was modeled after the basic tiling features of XMonad.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Cage is a kiosk compositor for Wayland. A kiosk is a window manager (in the X11 world) or compositor (in the Wayland world) that is designed for a user experience wherein user interaction and activities outside the scope of the running application are prevented.

    58 Cage: the Wayland kiosk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  5. doWM icon
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    doWM is a beautiful floating and tiling window manager for X11 completely written in golang.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • X11
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. The fastest, simplest tiler for KDE Plasma 6+ that gives you full freedom at your fingertip. No need to remember dozens of keyboard shortcuts or be limited by a fixed tile layout.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
     
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