hikari Alternatives

hikari is described as '[ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to hikari for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best hikari alternative is GNOME, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like hikari are Hyprland, COSMIC, niri and i3.

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  1. 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
     
  2. 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
     
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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
     
  4. 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
     
  5. 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
     
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    Rift is a tiling window manager for macOS that focuses on performance and usability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. JWM icon
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    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 .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Labwc icon
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    Labwc stands for Lab Wayland Compositor, where lab can mean any of the following:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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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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    Stack Window Manager With Manual Grid Tiling Layout Extended Desktop Area Left Hand Keyboard + Right Hand Mouse.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • GridWM (Grid Window Manager) is the most popular commercial alternative to hikari.

    • GridWM (Grid Window Manager) is Paid and Proprietaryhikari is Free and Open Source
    • GridWM (Grid Window Manager) is Lightweighthikari is not according to our users
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