flwm Alternatives

flwm is described as 'The Fast Light Window Manager is a small stacking FLTK-based window manager written in C++ and available for redistribution under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to flwm for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Windows and FreeBSD apps. The best flwm alternative is i3, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like flwm are Openbox, awesome, niri and Fluxbox.

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flwm alternatives page was last updated May 17, 2025
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  1. PyTyle icon

    PyTyle

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    PyTyle is an extremely versatile and extensible tiling manager that is meant to be used on top of EWMH window managers. Its feature set was modeled after the basic tiling features of XMonad.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    PyTyle screenshot 1

    PyTyle Features

    1.  Window organizer
    2.  Tiling Window Manager

    PyTyle VS flwm

     
  2. pekwm icon

    pekwm

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    pekwm is a window manager that once up on a time was based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    pekwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    pekwm VS flwm

     

  4. Blackbox WM

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    Blackbox is an original window manager, sharing no code with any others. It's designed to be fairly small and minimal, making it particularly suited to less powerful computers. It doesn't support images, other than generated gradients, but it does support multiple...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Blackbox WM screenshot 1

    Blackbox WM VS flwm

     

  5. Vivarium

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    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots, with desktop semantics inspired by xmonad.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Vivarium screenshot 1

    Vivarium Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Tiling Window Manager

    Vivarium VS flwm

     
  6. Gnome Mutter icon

    Gnome Mutter

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    Mutter is a Wayland display server and X11 window manager and compositor library.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Wayland

    Gnome Mutter Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    Gnome Mutter VS flwm

     
  7. Whim icon

    Whim

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    Whim is a hackable, pluggable and scriptable dynamic window manager for Windows 10 and 11, built using WinUI 3, .NET, and C# scripting.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Whim screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Dark Mode

    Whim VS flwm

     

  9. 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

    Weston VS flwm

     

  10. Superior X Window Manager

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    Window manager for X inspired by DWM, i3, and other tiling window managers. Windows are assigned to tags, and are automatically arranged on the screen in a stacked layout making the most of your monitor.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
    Discontinued

    No updates since Apr 8, 2022.

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    5.  X11/Xorg
    6.  X server

    Superior X Window Manager VS flwm

     
  11. sxwm icon

    sxwm

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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
    sxwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  X server
    6.  X11/Xorg

    sxwm VS flwm

     
  12. 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

    MagmaWM VS flwm

     

  13. chadwm

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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Linux
    chadwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  No registration required

    chadwm VS flwm

     

  14. Mahogany

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    Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM. While it is not a drop-in replacement for StumpWM, StumpWM users should be very comfortable with Mahogany. Its planned features are:

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Mahogany Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    Mahogany VS flwm

     
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