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Lumina is a lightweight, BSD licensed, standards-compliant desktop environment based upon Qt and Fluxbox. It is being developed on PC-BSD, and is being packaged for distribution on the PC-BSD package repository as well.

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Lumina Desktop Environment alternatives page was last updated May 11, 2024
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  1. niri icon
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    niri

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    Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.

    70 niri alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    niri Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
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  2. Labwc icon
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    Labwc

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    Labwc stands for Lab Wayland Compositor, where lab can mean any of the following:

    16 Labwc alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Wayland Support
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  4. SwayFX icon
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    SwayFX

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    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...

    59 SwayFX alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo Linux
    • Fedora
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Sway
    • FreeBSD
    • Wayland

    SwayFX Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Compositor
    4.  Wayland Support
    5.  OPENGL
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  5. Waybox

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    An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP).

    16 Waybox alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Openbox
    • Wayland

    Waybox Features

    1.  Wayland Support
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  6. Pinnacle icon
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    Pinnacle

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

    57 Pinnacle alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Pinnacle Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Rust
    3.  Wayland Support
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  7. miracle-wm

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    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.

    60 miracle-wm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux

    miracle-wm Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
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  9. Polonium icon
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    Polonium

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    An autotile manager for Plasma 6. An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. The descendant of autotile.

    70 Polonium alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Wayland

    Polonium Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Wayland Support
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
    4.  Tiling
    5.  KDE
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    Japokwm

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    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (forked from dwl) that makes it a breeze to create custom layouts with a simple configuration. 🚀

    60 Japokwm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Tiling
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  11. Jay

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    A Wayland compositor.

    53 Jay alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland

    Jay Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Rust
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  12. MagmaWM icon
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    MagmaWM

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    A versatile and customizable window manager / Wayland compositor, currently in development and actively seeking contributions from the community.

    53 MagmaWM alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    MagmaWM Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Wayland Support
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  13. Mahogany

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    Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM. While it is not a drop-in replacement for StumpWM, StumpWM users should be very comfortable with Mahogany. Its planned features are:

    56 Mahogany alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Mahogany Features

    1.  Wayland Support
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  14. velox

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    velox window manager.

    59 velox alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Wayland Support
    Discontinued

    The latest update is from February 2022.

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