LightDM Alternatives

LightDM is described as 'A lightweight display manager' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to LightDM for Linux, BSD and Xfce. The best LightDM alternative is Ly, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LightDM are SDDM, emptty, SLiM and GDM.

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A lightweight display manager.

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LightDM alternatives page was last updated Nov 11, 2024
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  1. Ly icon

    Ly

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    TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.

    16 Ly alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Ly screenshot 1

    Ly Features

    1.  Login

    Ly VS LightDM

     
    Comments about Ly as an Alternative to LightDM
    Maalo
    Positive •Dec 25, 2017
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    Because it is made with ncurses and fits well with minimal windows managers like Xmonad, bspwm, etc.

    Ly icon

    • Ly is the most popular Linux alternative to LightDM.

    • Ly is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to LightDM.

    • Ly is Free and Open SourceLightDM is also Free and Open Source
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    SDDM

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    Simple Desktop Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login program and session manager) for the X11 and Wayland windowing systems.

    16 SDDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    SDDM screenshot 1

    SDDM Features

    1.  Display Management

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  4. emptty

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    Dead simple CLI Display Manager on TTY.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    emptty screenshot 1

    emptty Features

    1.  Display Management

    emptty VS LightDM

     
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    SLiM

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    Lightweight and elegant graphical login solution.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    SLiM screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    SLiM Features

    1.  Display Management

    SLiM VS LightDM

     
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    GDM

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    GNOME Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login manager) for the windowing systems X11 and Wayland.

    16 GDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    GDM screenshot 1

    GDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    GDM VS LightDM

     

  7. greetd

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    Minimal and flexible login manager daemon that makes no assumptions about what you want to launch.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • DK flagDenmark
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    greetd Features

    1.  Display Management

    greetd VS LightDM

     

  9. MDM (login manager)

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    The MDM Display Manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • IE flagIreland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    MDM (login manager) Features

    1.  Display Management

    MDM (login manager) VS LightDM

     
  10. lemurs icon

    lemurs

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    Terminal User Interface (TUI) Display/Login Manager written in Rust that works on most GNU/Linux and BSD distributions. It can work both with or without SystemD.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    lemurs screenshot 1

    lemurs Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Rust
    4.  Display Management

    lemurs VS LightDM

     

  11. xlogin

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    Lightweight, secure and login like console display manager for X.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    xlogin Features

    1.  Login

    xlogin VS LightDM

     
  12. TDM icon

    TDM

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    Console TDM is an extension for xorg-xinit written in pure bash. It is inspired by CDM, which aimed to be a replacement of display managers such as GDM.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    TDM screenshot 1

    TDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    TDM VS LightDM

     
  13. XDM icon

    XDM

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    XDM (in full, the X Display Manager) is the default display manager for the X Window System. It is a bare-bones X display manager. It was introduced with X11 Release 3 in October 1988, to support the standalone X terminals that were just coming onto the market.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    XDM screenshot 1

    XDM Features

    1.  C++
    2.  Login
    3.  Display Management

    XDM VS LightDM

     
  14. CDM icon

    CDM

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    Minimalistic, yet full-featured display manager that provides a fast, dialog-based login system without the overhead of the X Window System. Written in pure bash, CDM has almost no dependencies, yet supports multiple users/sessions and can start virtually any desktop environment...

    16 CDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The latest version (0.7) is from April 2018.

    CDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    CDM VS LightDM

     
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