MouseTiler Alternatives

Apps similar to MouseTiler include Hyprland, which is free and open source. Other options are niri, Sway, i3 and Openbox. You're spoiled for choice with Window Managers like MouseTiler: we list more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows and Chrome OS.

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  1. spectrwm icon
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    spectrwm is a small dynamic tiling window manager for X11. It tries to stay out of the way so that valuable screen real estate can be used for much more important stuff. It has sane defaults and does not require one to learn a language to do any configuration.

    77 spectrwm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  2. mangowc icon
     1 like

    wayland compositor base wlroots and scenefx(dwm but wayland).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
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  3. hikari icon
     2 likes

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

    87 hikari alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4.  1 like

    Window manager for windows written purely in C# thats simple, lightweight and portable.

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    • Windows
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  5. wmii icon
     9 likes

    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

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    Platforms

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

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    • Linux
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  7. JWM icon
     5 likes

    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 (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. workspacer icon
     3 likes

    workspacer is a tiling window manager for Windows 10, similar in style and function to common unix tiling window managers (dwm, i3, xmonad).

    13 workspacer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. LeftWM icon
     3 likes

    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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. herbstluftwm icon
     5 likes

    herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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