GDM Alternatives

GDM is described as 'GNOME Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login manager) for the windowing systems X11 and Wayland' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to GDM for Linux, BSD and Xfce. The best GDM alternative is LightDM, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GDM are Ly, SDDM, emptty and SLiM.

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GNOME Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login manager) for the windowing systems X11 and Wayland.

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GDM alternatives page was last updated Nov 22, 2024
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  1. LightDM

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    A lightweight display manager.

    16 LightDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    LightDM screenshot 1

    LightDM Features

    1.  Display Management
    2.  Login

    LightDM VS GDM

     

    • LightDM is the most popular Linux alternative to GDM.

    • LightDM is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GDM.

    • LightDM is Free and Open SourceGDM is also Free and Open Source
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    Ly

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    TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Ly screenshot 1

    Ly Features

    1.  Login

    Ly VS GDM

     
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    SDDM

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    Simple Desktop Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login program and session manager) for the X11 and Wayland windowing systems.

    16 SDDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    SDDM screenshot 1

    SDDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    SDDM VS GDM

     

  5. emptty

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    Dead simple CLI Display Manager on TTY.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    emptty screenshot 1

    emptty Features

    1.  Display Management

    emptty VS GDM

     
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    SLiM

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    Lightweight and elegant graphical login solution.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    SLiM screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    SLiM Features

    1.  Display Management

    SLiM VS GDM

     

  7. xlogin

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    Lightweight, secure and login like console display manager for X.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    xlogin Features

    1.  Login

    xlogin VS GDM

     
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    XDM

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    XDM (in full, the X Display Manager) is the default display manager for the X Window System. It is a bare-bones X display manager. It was introduced with X11 Release 3 in October 1988, to support the standalone X terminals that were just coming onto the market.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    XDM screenshot 1

    XDM Features

    1.  C++
    2.  Login
    3.  Display Management

    XDM VS GDM

     

  10. Brzdm

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    Brzdm is a simple graphical login manager for X11. It aims to be simple, fast and independent from the various desktop environments. Text and image display is handled by imlib2.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Brzdm Features

    1.  Display Management

    Brzdm VS GDM

     

  11. Universal Wayland Session Manager

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    Wraps standalone Wayland compositors into a set of Systemd units on the fly. This provides robust session management including environment, XDG autostart support, bi-directional binding with login session, and clean shutdown.

    16 Universal Wayland Session Manager alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Universal Wayland Session Manager screenshot 1

    Universal Wayland Session Manager Features

    1.  Display Management

    Universal Wayland Session Manager VS GDM

     

  12. greetd

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    Minimal and flexible login manager daemon that makes no assumptions about what you want to launch.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • DK flagDenmark
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    greetd Features

    1.  Display Management

    greetd VS GDM

     

  13. mlogind

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    The MidnightBSD login manager (forked from SLiM).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • BSD

    mlogind Features

    1.  Display Management

    mlogind VS GDM

     

  14. tbsm

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    Terminal Based Session Manager is an application or session launcher, written in pure bash with no ncurses or dialog dependencies. It is inspired by cdm, tdm, in some way by krunner and related.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    tbsm screenshot 1

    tbsm Features

    1.  Display Management

    tbsm VS GDM

     
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