KWin Alternatives

Apps similar to KWin include niri, which is free and open source. Other options are Compiz, VirtuaWin, awesome and Qtile. There's no shortage of Window Managers like KWin, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Windows and Mac.

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  1. Xmonad icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • X11
    • Haskell
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  2. SwayFX icon
     3 likes

    Sway is an incredible window manager, and certainly one of the most well established wayland window managers. However, it is restricted to only include the functionality that existed in i3. This fork ditches the simple wlr_renderer, and replaces it with our fx_renderer, capable...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo Linux
    • Fedora
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Sway
    • FreeBSD
    • Wayland
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  3. mangowc icon
     1 like

    wayland compositor base wlroots and scenefx(dwm but wayland).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
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  4. Gnome Mutter icon
     1 like

    Mutter is a Wayland display server and X11 window manager and compositor library.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Wayland
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  5. Umbriel icon
     1 like

    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.

    45 Umbriel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  6.  3 likes

    Gala is a window manager / compositing manager and an integral part of Pantheon, the desktop environment of elementary OS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7.  2 likes

    A light-weight, Exposé-like window switcher for X (feat. OpenGL).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. xfwm4 icon
     1 like

    Xfwm4 is the window manager for Xfce. Xfwm4 can be run stand-alone, but if used this way, the Xfce Settings Manager will be required as a GUI to make configuration changes.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. Pinnacle icon
     1 like

    Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built in Rust using Smithay. It's my attempt at creating something like AwesomeWM for Wayland.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  10. miracle-wm icon
     1 like

    A Wayland compositor based on Mir. It features a tiling window manager at its core, very much in the style of i3 and sway. The intention is to build a compositor that is flashier and more feature-rich than either of those compositors, like swayfx.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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