mangowc Alternatives

mangowc is described as 'Wayland compositor base wlroots and scenefx(dwm but wayland)' and is a wayland compositor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to mangowc for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Wayland, Mac and Windows apps. The best mangowc alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like mangowc are niri, i3, GlazeWM and Sway.

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  1. hikari icon
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    hikari [ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  2. wmii icon
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    wmii is a small, dynamic window manager for X11. It is scriptable, has a 9p filesystem interface and supports classic and tiling (acme-like) window management. It aims to maintain a small and clean (read hackable and beautiful) codebase.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Rift is a tiling window manager for macOS that focuses on performance and usability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Labwc icon
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    Labwc stands for Lab Wayland Compositor, where lab can mean any of the following:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. JWM icon
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    JWM is a light-weight window manager for the X11 Window System. JWM is written in C and uses only Xlib at a minimum. Because of its small footprint, JWM makes a good window manager for older computers and less powerful systems, such as the .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.

    86 bug.n alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Stack Window Manager With Manual Grid Tiling Layout Extended Desktop Area Left Hand Keyboard + Right Hand Mouse.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • GridWM (Grid Window Manager) is the most popular commercial alternative to mangowc.

    • GridWM (Grid Window Manager) is Paid and Proprietarymangowc is Free and Open Source
    • GridWM (Grid Window Manager) is Lightweightmangowc is not according to our users
  8. LeftWM icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. herbstluftwm icon
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    herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. Miriway icon
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    Miriway is a starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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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.

    65 miracle-wm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
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