herbstluftwm Alternatives

herbstluftwm is described as 'Manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to herbstluftwm for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best herbstluftwm alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like herbstluftwm are niri, i3, Sway and Openbox.

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    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
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Komorebi Window Manager is the most popular Windows alternative to herbstluftwm.

    • Komorebi Window Manager is Free and Open Sourceherbstluftwm is also Free and Open Source
    • Komorebi Window Manager is Lightweightherbstluftwm is not according to our users
  2. dwm icon
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    dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. yabai icon
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    yabai started as a C99 rewrite of chunkwm, originally supposed to be its first RC version.

    109 yabai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. SwayFX icon
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    Sway is an incredible window manager, and certainly one of the most well established wayland window managers. However, it is restricted to only include the functionality that existed in i3. This fork ditches the simple wlr_renderer, and replaces it with our fx_renderer, capable...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo Linux
    • Fedora
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Sway
    • FreeBSD
    • Wayland
     
  5. Japokwm icon
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Wayfire icon
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    Wayfire is a 3D Wayland compositor, inspired by Compiz and based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable and lightweight environment without sacrificing its appearance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
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    The Emerald Theme Manager allows you to install, edit and switch between Emerald themes. In order for it to work, select Emerald as your window decorator. You will also need to enable the Window Decorations plugin (via CCSM).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Ubuntu
    • BSD
     
  8. Xmonad icon
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9. spectrwm icon
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    spectrwm is a small dynamic tiling window manager for X11. It tries to stay out of the way so that valuable screen real estate can be used for much more important stuff. It has sane defaults and does not require one to learn a language to do any configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. hikari icon
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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
     
  11. wmii icon
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    wmii is a small, dynamic window manager for X11. It is scriptable, has a 9p filesystem interface and supports classic and tiling (acme-like) window management. It aims to maintain a small and clean (read hackable and beautiful) codebase.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. mangowc icon
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    wayland compositor base wlroots and scenefx(dwm but wayland).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
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