Platforms
- Windows
B
Alternatives list
pekwm is a window manager that once up on a time was based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
+2
B
GeoShell - The premier minimalist Windows shell replacement. It replaces the default Explorer interface. It features menu bars—“geoBars”—that can be dragged-and-dropped anywhere on the users screen. There are also desktop menus that can be triggered whenever a user clicks...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
B
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.
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
+3
B
Phoenix is a lightweight OS X window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript. You can also easily use languages which compile to JavaScript such as CoffeeScript. Phoenix aims for efficiency and a very small footprint.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
B
Whim is a hackable, pluggable and scriptable dynamic window manager for Windows 10 and 11, built using WinUI 3, .NET, and C# scripting.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Sweden
EU
BBlackbox is an original window manager, sharing no code with any others. It's designed to be fairly small and minimal, making it particularly suited to less powerful computers. It doesn't support images, other than generated gradients, but it does support multiple...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- 80 Vivarium alternatives
A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots, with desktop semantics inspired by xmonad.
Platforms
- Linux
- Wayland
WMFS² is a lightweight and highly configurable tiling window manager for X written in C. WMFS² is a free software distributed under the BSD license. It can be driven from keyboard or mouse and its configuration stands in one text file, easily understandable.
Platforms
- Linux
B
Tuck is a handy menu bar application that allows you to quickly and simply clear multi-window clutter by hiding windows under your screen edges.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
+1
B
175 FlowShelf alternativesFlowShelf a free Mac app that turns your notch into a Dynamic Island and gives everything you copy, drop, or screenshot a temporary home.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Homebrew
Australia
B
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- KDE
+1
B
