bug.n AlternativesWindow Managers and other similar apps like bug.n

bug.n is described as 'Tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey' and is a Window Manager in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to bug.n for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Mac, Windows and BSD apps. The best bug.n alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like bug.n are Noctalia, niri, Sway and i3.

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  1. 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.

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

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
     
  3. niri icon
     16 likes

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

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  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.

    54 Sway alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. i3 icon
     73 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.

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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. Cairo Shell icon
     53 likes

    Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows. Its goal is to develop a desktop experience that increases productivity and advances current technology standards.

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    • Windows
     
  7. VirtuaWin icon
     80 likes

    VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7/Win10). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called ‘workspaces’).

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  8. Openbox icon
     77 likes

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

    78 Openbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. GlazeWM icon
     11 likes

    A tiling window manager for Windows inspired by i3 and Polybar.

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    • Windows
    • Rust
     
  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++
     
  11. awesome icon
     39 likes

    awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.

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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  12. bspwm icon
     12 likes

    A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning.

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    • Linux
     
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