MDM (login manager) Alternatives

MDM (login manager) is described as 'The MDM Display Manager' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MDM (login manager) for Linux, BSD and Xfce. The best MDM (login manager) alternative is LightDM, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MDM (login manager) are Ly, SDDM, emptty and SLiM.

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MDM (login manager) alternatives page was last updated Nov 22, 2024
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  1. LightDM

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    A lightweight display manager.

    16 LightDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    LightDM screenshot 1

    LightDM Features

    1.  Display Management
    2.  Login

    LightDM VS MDM (login manager)

     

    • LightDM is the most popular Linux alternative to MDM (login manager).

    • LightDM is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to MDM (login manager).

    • LightDM is Free and Open SourceMDM (login manager) is also Free and Open Source
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    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 MDM (login manager)

     
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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

    SDDM VS MDM (login manager)

     

  5. 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 MDM (login manager)

     
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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

    Website is no longer available.

    SLiM Features

    1.  Display Management

    SLiM VS MDM (login manager)

     
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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    GDM screenshot 1

    GDM Features

    1.  Display Management

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    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.

    16 XDM alternatives

    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 MDM (login manager)

     
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    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...

    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 MDM (login manager)

     
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    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 MDM (login manager)

     

  12. tbsm

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    Terminal Based Session Manager is an application or session launcher, written in pure bash with no ncurses or dialog dependencies. It is inspired by cdm, tdm, in some way by krunner and related.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    tbsm screenshot 1

    tbsm Features

    1.  Display Management

    tbsm VS MDM (login manager)

     

  13. Universal Wayland Session Manager

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    Wraps standalone Wayland compositors into a set of Systemd units on the fly. This provides robust session management including environment, XDG autostart support, bi-directional binding with login session, and clean shutdown.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Universal Wayland Session Manager screenshot 1

    Universal Wayland Session Manager Features

    1.  Display Management

    Universal Wayland Session Manager VS MDM (login manager)

     

  14. mlogind

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    The MidnightBSD login manager (forked from SLiM).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • BSD

    mlogind Features

    1.  Display Management

    mlogind VS MDM (login manager)

     
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