Cortile AlternativesWindow Managers and other similar apps like Cortile

Cortile is described as 'Linux auto tiling manager with hot corner support for Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfwm, KWin, Marco, Muffin, Mutter and other EWMH compliant window managers using the X11 window system' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Cortile for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Wayland, Mac and Windows apps. The best Cortile alternative is GNOME, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cortile are Hyprland, Sway, niri and COSMIC.

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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.

    28 Hyprland alternatives

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    Platforms

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

    49 Sway alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

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

    78 niri alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  4. i3 icon
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    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.

    80 i3 alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. Openbox icon
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    Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.

    75 Openbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. 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.

    81 awesome alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Fluxbox icon
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    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.

    74 Fluxbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • C++
     
  8. bspwm icon
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    A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Maui Shell icon
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    Maui Shell is a convergent shell for desktops, tablets, and phones.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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