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JWM

Light-weight window manager for X11 written in C.

Free Open Source
Linux

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 Raspberry Pi, though it is perfectly capable of running on modern systems. JWM is included in small Linux distributions such as Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux, and it is available as a separate package in many other distributions.... More Info »

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JWM was added by Ugotsta in Dec 2019 and the latest update was made in Dec 2019. The list of alternatives was updated Mar 2020. It's possible to update the information on JWM or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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