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 X11 apps. The best JWM alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like JWM are Sway, niri, i3 and Openbox.

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    A Wayland compositor.

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    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
     
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