i3 Alternatives

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   Aviyal

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   Window manager for windows written purely in C# thats simple, lightweight and portable.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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   term.everything

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   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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   Xlambda

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   Xlambda is an X window manager that is extensible in Guile.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   Cage: the Wayland kiosk

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   Cage is a kiosk compositor for Wayland. A kiosk is a window manager (in the X11 world) or compositor (in the Wayland world) that is designed for a user experience wherein user interaction and activities outside the scope of the running application are prevented.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Wayland

   

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   Umbriel

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   Umbriel is a Wayland compositor designed for daily use, with scrolling, dwindle, and master layouts, per-output workspaces, window rules, blur, shadows, and fluid animations.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Wayland Compositor

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Wayland

   

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   doWM

    1 like

   doWM is a beautiful floating and tiling window manager for X11 completely written in golang.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • X11
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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   Wmderland

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   Heavily Inspired by i3wm. Wmderland aims to simplify the core functionalities of i3wm, and bundle in the essential features required for a modern but minimal Tiling Window Manager.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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    GridWM (KDE Plasma)

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    Manual Grid Tiling Layout Of Stack Window Manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE

    

    

    

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    Jwno

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    A tiling window manager for Windows 10/11, built with Janet and ??. This repo is a one-way mirror. The actual development happens in a separate Fossil repo.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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    Konveyor

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    Scrolling column tiling for KDE Plasma.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Origin

    • Thailand

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma

    • Thailand

    

    

    

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    OmniWM

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    OmniWM is a free, open-source, Developer ID-signed and Apple-notarized tiling window manager for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 26 or later. It combines Niri-style orientation-aware scrolling containers and Hyprland-style Dwindle BSP layouts, selectable per workspace, with...

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

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    sxwm

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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11

    • United Kingdom

    

    

    

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