JWM Alternatives

JWM is described as '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 ' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to JWM for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best JWM alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like JWM are niri, i3, Sway and Openbox.

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Way Cooler is a tiling Wayland window manager, written in Rust, configurable using Lua, and extendable with D-Bus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    The fastest, simplest tiler for KDE Plasma 6+ that gives you full freedom at your fingertip. No need to remember dozens of keyboard shortcuts or be limited by a fixed tile layout.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
     
  4. sxwm icon
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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
     
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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Wio is a Wayland compositor for Linux & FreeBSD which has a similar look & feel to plan9's rio.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. strataWM icon
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    Strata is a cutting-edge, robust and sleek Wayland compositor written in Rust using the Smithay library. It is designed to be minimal and flexible yet customizable. Strata is configured in Lua, a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
  9. wtftw icon
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    Window Tiling For The Win (wtftw) is a tiling window manager written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    A Wayland compositor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
     
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