flwm AlternativesWindow Managers and other similar apps like flwm

Alternatives list

1. 

   

   niri

    17 likes

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

   86 niri alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • Russia

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Wayland

   • Russia

   

   

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2. 

   

   i3

    74 likes

   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.

   89 i3 alternatives

   Cost / License

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

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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4. 

   

   Openbox

    77 likes

   Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.

   80 Openbox alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • Canada

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   • Canada

   

   

   

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5. 

   

   Fluxbox

    33 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD
   • C++

   

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6. 

   

   awesome

    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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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8. 

   

   Sxmo

    3 likes

   A minimalist Linux smartphone environment that is truly yours to control. Sxmo, or Simple X Mobile, is a collection of simple and suckless X programs and scripts used together to create a fully functional mobile UI adhering to the Unix philosophy for the PinePhone and other...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • postmarketOS
   • Linux Mobile

   • Global

   

   

   

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9. 

   

   bspwm

    12 likes

   A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Linux

   • Global

   

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    Cardboard (Wayland compositor)

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    Cardboard is a unique, scrollable tiling Wayland compositor designed with laptops in mind. Based on wlroots.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Wayland Compositor

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    C

    

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11. 

    

    IceWM

     11 likes

    IceWM is a Window Manager for X Window System. It is fast and memory-efficient, and it provides many different looks including Windows'95, OS/2 Warp 3,4, Motif.

    76 IceWM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    

    

    

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12. 

    

    Komorebi Window Manager

     4 likes

    komorebi is a tiling window manager that works as an extension to Microsoft's Desktop Window Manager in Windows 10 and above.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    

    

    

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13. 

    

    Xmonad

     25 likes

    xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half your time aligning and searching for windows. xmonad makes work easier, by automating this.

    Cost / License

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

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • X11
    • Haskell

    

    

    

    +2

    

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14. 

    

    Japokwm

     2 likes

    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (forked from dwl) that makes it a breeze to create custom layouts with a simple configuration. 🚀

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

    

    

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