GridWM (KDE Plasma) Alternatives

GridWM (KDE Plasma) is described as 'Manual Grid Tiling Layout Of Stack Window Manager' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to GridWM (KDE Plasma) for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Wayland, BSD and FreeBSD apps. The best GridWM (KDE Plasma) alternative is Microsoft PowerToys, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GridWM (KDE Plasma) are Hyprland, Sway, niri and AquaSnap.

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    bug.n

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    bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    hikari

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    hikari [ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    hikari screenshot 1
     
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    Pinnacle

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    Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built in Rust using Smithay. It's my attempt at creating something like AwesomeWM for Wayland.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    Pinnacle screenshot 1
     
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    miracle-wm

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    A Wayland compositor based on Mir. It features a tiling window manager at its core, very much in the style of i3 and sway. The intention is to build a compositor that is flashier and more feature-rich than either of those compositors, like swayfx.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    miracle-wm screenshot 1
     
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    Polonium

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    An autotile manager for Plasma 6. An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. The descendant of autotile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Wayland
    Polonium screenshot 1
     
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    dwl

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    dwl is a compact, hackable compositor for Wayland based on wlroots. It is intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that dwm does in X11, primarily in terms of functionality, and secondarily in terms of philosophy. Like dwm, dwl is:

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    dwl screenshot 1
     
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    Taekwindow

     9 likes

    Taekwindow is a simple, lightweight and free Windows program that allows you to move and resize windows by dragging them with the Alt key, similar to many X11 window managers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Taekwindow screenshot 1
     
  15. Chameleon Window Manager icon

    Chameleon Window Manager

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    Chameleon Window Manager will allow you to control the windows of your programs using customizable buttons added to the title bars of the windows (Always on Top, Minimize to Tray, Minimize to Caption, Specify Transparency, Position window at left/right of screen).

    94 Chameleon Window Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    Chameleon Window Manager - Buttons
     
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