greetd Alternatives

greetd is described as 'Minimal and flexible login manager daemon that makes no assumptions about what you want to launch' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to greetd for Linux, BSD and Xfce. The best greetd alternative is LightDM, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like greetd are Ly, SDDM, emptty and SLiM.

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

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greetd alternatives page was last updated Nov 11, 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 greetd

     

    • LightDM is the most popular Linux alternative to greetd.

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

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

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    TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.

    16 Ly alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Ly screenshot 1

    Ly Features

    1.  Login

    Ly VS greetd

     
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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 greetd

     

  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 greetd

     
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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

    Website is no longer available.

    SLiM Features

    1.  Display Management

    SLiM VS greetd

     
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    GDM

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

    16 GDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    GDM screenshot 1

    GDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    GDM VS greetd

     

  9. 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 greetd

     

  10. 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 greetd

     
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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.

    16 XDM alternatives

    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 greetd

     

  12. 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 greetd

     
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    TDM

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    Console TDM is an extension for xorg-xinit written in pure bash. It is inspired by CDM, which aimed to be a replacement of display managers such as GDM.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    TDM screenshot 1

    TDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    TDM VS greetd

     
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    lemurs

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    Terminal User Interface (TUI) Display/Login Manager written in Rust that works on most GNU/Linux and BSD distributions. It can work both with or without SystemD.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    lemurs screenshot 1

    lemurs Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Rust
    4.  Display Management

    lemurs VS greetd

     
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