dwl Alternatives

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   wtftw

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   Window Tiling For The Win (wtftw) is a tiling window manager written in Rust.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux

   

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   Konveyor

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   Scrolling column tiling for KDE Plasma.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • Thailand

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • KDE Plasma

   • Thailand

   

   

   

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   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.

   51 Wmderland alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   Cocoa-Way

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   Native macOS Wayland compositor in Rust using Smithay, providing seamless Linux app streaming and display with OpenGL rendering, HiDPI Retina support, hardware acceleration, polished UI, server-side decorations, direct Wayland protocol, and zero VM overhead.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Wayland Compositor

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Homebrew
   • Wayland

   

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   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.

   52 PaperWM alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • GNOME

   

   

   

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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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Linux

   • Global

   

   

   

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   Jay

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   A Wayland compositor.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Rust
   • Wayland

   

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    chadwm

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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Origin

    • India

    Platforms

    • Linux

    • India

    

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    strataWM

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    Strata is a cutting-edge, robust and sleek Wayland compositor written in Rust using the Smithay library. It is designed to be minimal and flexible yet customizable. Strata is configured in Lua, a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Window Manager
    • Wayland Compositor

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux

    

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    Cagebreak

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    A Wayland Tiling Compositor Inspired by Ratpoison.

    54 Cagebreak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

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    wio

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    Wio is a Wayland compositor for Linux & FreeBSD which has a similar look & feel to plan9's rio.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD

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    MagmaWM

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    A versatile and customizable window manager / Wayland compositor, currently in development and actively seeking contributions from the community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    

    

    

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