LeftWM

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Left is a tiling window manager written in rust for stability and performance. The core of left is designed to do one thing and one thing well. Be a window manager. Because you probably want more than just a black screen LeftWM is built around the concept of theming.

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Cost / License

Free
Open Source (MIT)

Application type

Window Manager

Platforms

Linux

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Properties

Lightweight

Features

Support for Multiple Monitors
Tiling Window Manager
X server

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LeftWM information

Developed by
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Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
Written in
Rust
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202 Forks
116 Open Issues
Updated Sep 18, 2026

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LeftWM was added to AlternativeTo by bigbigboy on Jun 26, 2021 and this page was last updated Sep 23, 2021.

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What is LeftWM?

Left is a tiling window manager written in rust for stability and performance. The core of left is designed to do one thing and one thing well. Be a window manager. Because you probably want more than just a black screen LeftWM is built around the concept of theming. With themes you can choose between different bar / compositor / background / colors, whatever makes you happy.