i3-gaps Alternatives

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   Komorebi Window Manager

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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.

   91 Komorebi Window Manager alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows

   

   

   

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   dwm

    24 likes

   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

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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   Xmonad

    25 likes

   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 (BSD-3-Clause)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • X11
   • Haskell

   

   

   

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   Japokwm

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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 (BSD-2-Clause)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

   

   

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   bug.n

    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

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Windows

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   SwayFX

    3 likes

   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 (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Window Manager
   • Wayland Compositor

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Arch Linux
   • Gentoo Linux
   • Fedora
   • Nix Package Manager
   • Sway
   • FreeBSD
   • Wayland

   

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   mangowc

    1 like

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Wayland Compositor

   Platforms

   • Wayland
   • Linux

   

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    hikari

     2 likes

    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

    

    

    

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    term.everything

     1 like

    Run any GUI app in the terminal?.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Wayland Compositor

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

    

    

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    Labwc

     2 likes

    Labwc stands for Lab Wayland Compositor, where lab can mean any of the following:

    33 Labwc alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Window Manager
    • Wayland Compositor

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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    Gnome Mutter

     1 like

    Mutter is a Wayland display server and X11 window manager and compositor library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Wayland

    

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    PaperDE

     1 like

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Wayland

    

    

    

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