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 X11 apps. The best herbstluftwm alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like herbstluftwm are Sway, niri, i3 and Openbox.

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  1. 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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. mangowc icon
     1 like

    wayland compositor base wlroots and scenefx(dwm but wayland).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
  3. JWM icon
     5 likes

    JWM is a light-weight window manager for the X11 Window System. JWM is written in C and uses only Xlib at a minimum. Because of its small footprint, JWM makes a good window manager for older computers and less powerful systems, such as the .

    72 JWM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4.  12 likes

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

    81 hikari alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. PaperDE icon
     1 like

    A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Wayland
     
  7. LeftWM icon
     3 likes

    Left is a tiling window manager written in rust for stability and performance. The core of left is designed to do one thing and one thing well. Be a window manager. Because you probably want more than just a black screen LeftWM is built around the concept of theming.

    71 LeftWM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Pinnacle icon
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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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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