Cage: the Wayland kiosk Alternatives

Cage: the Wayland kiosk is described as 'Cage is a kiosk compositor for Wayland. A kiosk is a window manager (in the X11 world) or compositor (in the Wayland world) that is designed for a user experience wherein user interaction and activities outside the scope of the running application are prevented' and is a wayland compositor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Cage: the Wayland kiosk for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Wayland, Mac and Windows apps. The best Cage: the Wayland kiosk alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cage: the Wayland kiosk are i3, Sway, Openbox and awesome.

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Cage is a kiosk compositor for Wayland. A kiosk is a window manager (in the X11 world) or compositor (in the Wayland world)...

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Cage: the Wayland kiosk alternatives page was last updated Jun 22, 2024
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  1. Wmderland

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    Heavily Inspired by i3wm. Wmderland aims to simplify the core functionalities of i3wm, and bundle in the essential features required for a modern but minimal Tiling Window Manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Wmderland screenshot 1

    Wmderland Features

    1.  Tiling Layouts
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Tiling Window Manager

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    Emerald Theme Manager

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    The Emerald Theme Manager allows you to install, edit and switch between Emerald themes. In order for it to work, select Emerald as your window decorator. You will also need to enable the Window Decorations plugin (via CCSM).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Ubuntu
    • BSD
    Emerald Theme Manager screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Transparency
    8.  Make window transparent

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    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

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  5. 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

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  6. Subtle window manager icon

    Subtle window manager

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    subtle is a manual tiling window manager with a rather uncommon approach of tiling: Instead of relying on predefined layouts, subtle divides the screen into a grid with customizeable slots (called gravities).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Subtle window manager Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

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  7. 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

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  9. 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

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  10. GridWM (KDE Plasma) icon

    GridWM (KDE Plasma)

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    Manual Grid Tiling Layout Of Stack Window Manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    GridWM (KDE Plasma) screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

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    Xlambda

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    Xlambda is an X window manager that is extensible in Guile.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Xlambda Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

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  12. PaperWM icon

    PaperWM

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    PaperWM is an experimental Gnome Shell extension providing scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It's inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. Supports Gnome Shell 3.28 and 3.30 on X11 and wayland.

    51 PaperWM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    Window switching and tiling.

    PaperWM Features

    1.  Tiling
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    3.  Window Switching
    4.  Tiling Layouts

    PaperWM VS Cage: the Wayland kiosk

     
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