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   Cardboard (Wayland compositor)

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   Cardboard is a unique, scrollable tiling Wayland compositor designed with laptops in mind. Based on wlroots.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Wayland Compositor

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Wayland

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   bspwm

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   A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Linux

   • Global

   

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   Rift

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   Rift is a tiling window manager for macOS that focuses on performance and usability.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   Qtile

    8 likes

   A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

   

   

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   Wayfire

    7 likes

   Wayfire is a 3D Wayland compositor, inspired by Compiz and based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable and lightweight environment without sacrificing its appearance.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Window Manager
   • Wayland Compositor

   Origin

   • Bulgaria
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • FreeBSD

   • Bulgaria
   • EU

   

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   IceWM

    11 likes

   IceWM is a Window Manager for X Window System. It is fast and memory-efficient, and it provides many different looks including Windows'95, OS/2 Warp 3,4, Motif.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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   Amethyst

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   Amethyst is a tiling window manager for Mac similar to the xmonad tiling window manager popular on Linux. Amethyst is written in Objective-C and has configurable shortcuts, multi-monitor support, multiple layouts, and the option to float certain applications.

   119 Amethyst alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • United States

   

   

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    yabai

     7 likes

    yabai started as a C99 rewrite of chunkwm, originally supposed to be its first RC version.

    134 yabai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Origin

    • Norway

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • Norway

    

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    SharpEnviro

     15 likes

    SharpEnviro (or SharpE) is an open source shell replacement system for Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. When using SharpEnviro the default Windows desktop is replaced by a new and more powerful desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • File Manager

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

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    Komorebi Window Manager

     4 likes

    komorebi is a tiling window manager that works as an extension to Microsoft's Desktop Window Manager in Windows 10 and above.

    91 Komorebi Window Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    

    

    

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    Emerge Desktop

     15 likes

    Emerge Desktop is a replacement Windows "shell" (the desktop environment normally provided by Windows Explorer) for Windows 2000 and above. In order to replace Windows Explorer as a shell, it provides a system tray (the area that collects the icons collected at the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Desktop Environment

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • United Kingdom

    

    

    

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    Layoutish

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    Saves complete macOS window layouts and restores them with one click or hotkey, including multi-monitor and multi-Space setups.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • United Kingdom

    

    

    

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