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KWin

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KWin is a window manager for the X Window System, and is in the process of becoming a Wayland compositor. It is an integral part, and the default window manager of the Plasma Workspaces, but it can also be used on its own or with other desktop environments.

KWin's desktop cube.

Cost / License

Free
Open Source

Application type

Window Manager

Platforms

Linux
BSD

KWin alternatives

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Features

Extensible window manager

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Recent News

Danilo Venom published news article about KDE Plasma
about 1 year ago
KDE Plasma 6.4.4 brings bug fixes and updates KWin and Discover
KDE developers have finally released Plasma 6.4.4, a bugfix update that addresses long-standing iss...
Aug 6, 2025

Recent activities

humble-advisor liked KWin
4 days ago
Paul added KWin as alternative to Umbriel
21 days ago
Paul added KWin as alternative to Cocoa-Way
7 months ago
dinesh-58 added KWin as alternative to paneru
7 months ago
K0RR added KWin as alternative to Cardboard (Wayland compositor)
9 months ago
WeiHua Liu liked KWin
10 months ago
K0RR added KWin as alternative to mangowc
11 months ago

KWin information

Developed by
Unknown
Licensing
Open Source and Free product.
Alternatives
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Supported Languages
- English

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KWin was added to AlternativeTo by Tanath on Jul 25, 2014 and this page was last updated Nov 27, 2014.

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What is KWin?

KWin is a window manager for the X Window System, and is in the process of becoming a Wayland compositor. It is an integral part, and the default window manager of the Plasma Workspaces, but it can also be used on its own or with other desktop environments.