Bluetile Alternatives

Bluetile is described as 'Tiling window manager for Linux, designed to integrate with the GNOME desktop environment. It provides both a traditional, stacking layout mode as well as tiling layouts where windows are arranged to use the entire screen without overlapping' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Bluetile for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac and Wayland apps. The best Bluetile alternative is KDE Plasma, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Bluetile are GNOME, Xfce, Hyprland and COSMIC.

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Bluetile is a tiling window manager for Linux, designed to integrate with the GNOME desktop environment. It provides both a...

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Bluetile alternatives page was last updated May 17, 2025
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  1. chadwm

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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Linux
    chadwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  No registration required

    chadwm VS Bluetile

     
  2. PaperDE icon

    PaperDE

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    A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Wayland
    PaperDE screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline

    PaperDE VS Bluetile

     
  4. sxwm icon

    sxwm

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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
    sxwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  X server
    6.  X11/Xorg

    sxwm VS Bluetile

     

  5. Weston

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    Weston is a Wayland compositor designed for correctness, reliability, predictability, and performance.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Weston screenshot 1

    Weston Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    Weston VS Bluetile

     

  6. Mahogany

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    Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM. While it is not a drop-in replacement for StumpWM, StumpWM users should be very comfortable with Mahogany. Its planned features are:

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Mahogany Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    Mahogany VS Bluetile

     

  7. wio

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    Wio is a Wayland compositor for Linux & FreeBSD which has a similar look & feel to plan9's rio.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD

    wio Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    wio VS Bluetile

     
  9. StumpWM icon

    StumpWM

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    StumpWM screenshot 1

    StumpWM Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Extensible window manager
    3.  Tiling Layouts
    4.  Tiling Window Manager

    StumpWM VS Bluetile

     
  10. Cortile icon

    Cortile

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    Linux auto tiling manager with hot corner support for Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfwm, KWin, Marco, Muffin, Mutter and other EWMH compliant window managers using the X11 window system.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Cortile screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  KDE
    6.  Tiling Window Manager
    7.  Golang
    8.  Support for Hot corners

    Cortile VS Bluetile

     
  11. Way Cooler icon

    Way Cooler

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    Way Cooler is a tiling Wayland window manager, written in Rust, configurable using Lua, and extendable with D-Bus.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Way Cooler screenshot 1

    Way Cooler Features

    1.  Tiling Layouts
    2.  Rust
    3.  Tiling
    4.  Wayland Support
    5.  Tiling Window Manager

    Way Cooler VS Bluetile

     
  12. MagmaWM icon

    MagmaWM

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    A versatile and customizable window manager / Wayland compositor, currently in development and actively seeking contributions from the community.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    MagmaWM screenshot 1

    MagmaWM Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Wayland Support

    MagmaWM VS Bluetile

     

  13. Cagebreak

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    A Wayland Tiling Compositor Inspired by Ratpoison.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Cagebreak Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager
    2.  Compositor

    Cagebreak VS Bluetile

     

  14. Jay

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    A Wayland compositor.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
    Jay screenshot 1

    Jay Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Rust

    Jay VS Bluetile

     
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