Open Shell AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Window Managers

The best Window Manager alternative to Open Shell is Window Maker, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Open Shell, but unfortunately only one of them is a Window Manager.

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    Window Maker

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    Window Maker has a reputation for being fast, efficient and highly stable. Window Maker has been characterized as reproducing "the elegant look and feel of the NeXTstep GUI" and is noted as "easy to configure and easy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Window Maker, from www.windowmaker.org
     
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