IceWM Alternatives

IceWM is described as 'Window Manager for X Window System. It is fast and memory-efficient, and it provides many different looks including Windows'95, OS/2 Warp 3,4, Motif' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to IceWM for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows and FreeBSD apps. The best IceWM alternative is LXDE, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like IceWM are i3, Openbox, awesome and Sway.

IceWM alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be Desktop Environments. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of IceWM.

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IceWM

Free • Open Source
Window Manager

IceWM is a Window Manager for X Window System. It is fast and memory-efficient, and it provides many different looks...

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LXDE
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Free • Open Source
Desktop Environment
Linux
BSD
27 LXDE alternatives
The "Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment" is an extremely fast-performing and energy-saving desktop environment. Maintained by an international community of developers, it comes with a beautiful interface, multi-language support...
- - LXDE is the most popular Linux alternative to IceWM.
- - LXDE is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to IceWM.
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1. LightweightLXDE consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
X server
i3
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
BSD
45 i3 alternatives
i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager with clean, readable and documented code, featuring extended Xinerama support, usage of libxcb instead of xlib and several improvements over wmii.
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i3 Features
1. Lightweighti3 consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Tiling Window Manager
Tiling
Tabbed interface
X server
Built-in bar/panel
Highly costomizable
Mod Keys
Openbox
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
BSD
43 Openbox alternatives
Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.
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Openbox Features
1. LightweightOpenbox consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
KDE
Discontinued
No actively developed anymore. Last commit was in 2015.
awesome
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
BSD
46 awesome alternatives
awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.
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awesome Features
X server
Tiling
Extensible window manager
Sway
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
45 Sway alternatives
Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.
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Sway Features
1. Support for Multiple MonitorsSway supports the use of multiple displays.
Wayland Support
Tiling Window Manager
Tiling Layouts
Tiling
Xmonad
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
Linux
43 Xmonad alternatives
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.
- - Xmonad is the most popular Mac alternative to IceWM.
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Xmonad Features
X server
Tiling
Extensible window manager
Hyprland
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
43 Hyprland alternatives
Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor based on wlroots that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.
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Hyprland Features
1. LightweightHyprland consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Support for scriptingHyprland supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Tiling Window Manager
Customizable
Compositor
Fluxbox
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
BSD
C++
41 Fluxbox alternatives
Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience. It is built using C++ and licensed under the MIT license.
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bug.n
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Windows
53 bug.n alternatives
bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.
- - bug.n is the most popular Windows alternative to IceWM.
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bug.n Features
1. Portablebug.n can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Tiling
Workspaces
Customization
Feed Reader
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Amethyst
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
59 Amethyst alternatives
Amethyst is a tiling window manager for Mac similar to the xmonad tiling window manager popular on Linux. Amethyst is written in Objective-C and has configurable shortcuts, multi-monitor support, multiple layouts, and the option to float certain applications.
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Amethyst Features
Snap windows
Tiling Layouts
Customize Windows
Multi Column View
Autostart
Mouse tracking
Application whitelisting
Floating windows
Toggle
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
spectrwm
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
Linux
BSD
38 spectrwm alternatives
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.
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spectrwm Features
Minimalistic
bspwm
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
40 bspwm alternatives
A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning.
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bspwm Features
Tiling