Bluetile AlternativesWindow Managers and other similar apps like Bluetile

Bluetile has been discontinued. Similar apps include KDE Plasma, which is free and open source. Other options are GNOME, Xfce, Hyprland and Noctalia. There's no shortage of Window Managers like Bluetile, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac and Windows.

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  1. KDE Plasma icon
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    Plasma is a cross-device work environment by the KDE Community where trust is put on the user's capacity to best define their own workflow and preferences.

    31 KDE Plasma alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • postmarketOS
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • FreeBSD
    • SteamOS
    • Wayland
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  2. GNOME icon
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    An easy and elegant way to use your computer, GNOME is designed to help you have the best possible computing experience.

    32 GNOME alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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    GNOME 40
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  3. Xfce icon
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    Xfce (pronounced as four individual letters) is a free software desktop environment for Unix and other Unix-like platforms, such as Linux, Solaris and BSD. It aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use.

    31 Xfce alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. Hyprland icon
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    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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  5. Noctalia icon
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    Noctalia is a beautiful, minimal desktop shell for Wayland built with Quickshell. It’s designed with a “quiet by design” philosophy, providing a complete desktop experience that stays out of your way.

    42 Noctalia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. LXQt icon
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    LXQt is the Qt port and the upcoming version of LXDE, the Lightweight Desktop Environment. It is the product of the merge between the LXDE-Qt and the .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7. 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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  8. Sway icon
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    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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  9. LXDE icon
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    The "Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment" is an extremely fast-performing and energy-saving desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. 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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  11. Budgie icon
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    The Budgie Desktop is a feature-rich, modern desktop designed to keep out the way of the user. It consists of a number of components to provide a more complete desktop experience.

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    • Linux
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