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The best Window Manager alternative to Lumina Desktop Environment is KDE Plasma, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Lumina Desktop Environment and many of them are Window Managers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Window Manager alternatives to Lumina Desktop Environment are GNOME, Xfce, Cinnamon and COSMIC.

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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 Jun 22, 2024
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  1. Ratpoison icon
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    Ratpoison

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    Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames. All windows are kept maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of your...

    64 Ratpoison alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Tiling
    5.  X server
    6.  Tiling Window Manager
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  2. Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) icon
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    Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE)

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    KDE 3.5 fork. A computer desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems with a primary goal of retaining the function and form of traditional desktop computers.

    24 Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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  4. EDE icon
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    EDE

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    Equinox Desktop Environment is simple and small graphical desktop environment for UNIX operating systems

    22 EDE alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris

    EDE Features

    1.  X server
    version 2.0, variable panel width
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  5. Phoenix icon
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    Phoenix

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    Phoenix is a lightweight OS X window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript. You can also easily use languages which compile to JavaScript such as CoffeeScript. Phoenix aims for efficiency and a very small footprint.

    63 Phoenix alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
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  6. Blackbox WM

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    Blackbox is an original window manager, sharing no code with any others. It's designed to be fairly small and minimal, making it particularly suited to less powerful computers. It doesn't support images, other than generated gradients, but it does support multiple...

    64 Blackbox WM alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Gnome Mutter

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    Mutter is a Wayland display server and X11 window manager and compositor library.

    64 Gnome Mutter alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Wayland

    Gnome Mutter Features

    1.  Wayland Support
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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. Emerald Theme Manager icon
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    Emerald Theme Manager

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    The Emerald Theme Manager allows you to install, edit and switch between Emerald themes. In order for it to work, select Emerald as your window decorator. You will also need to enable the Window Decorations plugin (via CCSM).

    51 Emerald Theme Manager alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Ubuntu
    • BSD
    Emerald Theme Manager screenshot 1
    Emerald Theme Manager screenshot 2
    +1
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Transparency
    8.  Make window transparent
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  14. wio

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    Wio is a Wayland compositor for Linux & FreeBSD which has a similar look & feel to plan9's rio.

    61 wio alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD

    wio Features

    1.  Wayland Support
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