LightDM

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A lightweight display manager.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Platforms

  • Linux
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  1.  Display Management
  2.  Login

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  • system-utilities
  • Xfce

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  • Developed by

    Unknown

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.

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  • Rating

    Average rating of 4

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  144 Forks
  •  230 Open Issues
  •   Updated Mar 19, 2025 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about LightDM, and it has gotten 8 likes

LightDM was added to AlternativeTo by mohammadghasemi on Jul 22, 2015 and this page was last updated Dec 27, 2021.

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•Apr 24, 2018
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Lightweight gui login manager. Simply and fast.

mohammadghasemi
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•Jul 25, 2015
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not really lightweight on dependencies

What is LightDM?

LightDM is a cross-desktop display manager. A display manager is a daemon that:

Runs display servers (e.g. X) where necessary. Runs greeters to allow users to pick which user account and session type to use. Allows greeters to perform authentication using PAM. Runs session processes once authentication is complete. Provides remote graphical login options.

Key features of LightDM are:

Cross-desktop - supports different desktop technologies. Supports different display technologies (X, Mir, Wayland ...). Lightweight - low memory usage and fast performance. Guest sessions. Supports remote login (incoming - XDMCP, VNC, outgoing - XDMCP, pluggable). Comprehensive test suite.

The package name is generally "lightdm".

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