Openbox Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   Qtile

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   A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python.

   81 Qtile alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

   

   

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   Gnome Mutter

    1 like

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • GNOME
   • Wayland

   

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   SwayFX

    3 likes

   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...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Window Manager
   • Wayland Compositor

   Platforms

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

   

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   Sxmo

    3 likes

   A minimalist Linux smartphone environment that is truly yours to control. Sxmo, or Simple X Mobile, is a collection of simple and suckless X programs and scripts used together to create a fully functional mobile UI adhering to the Unix philosophy for the PinePhone and other...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • postmarketOS
   • Linux Mobile

   • Global

   

   

   

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   Xmonad

    25 likes

   xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half your time aligning and searching for windows. xmonad makes work easier, by automating this.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • X11
   • Haskell

   

   

   

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   herbstluftwm

    5 likes

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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   dwm

    24 likes

   dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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    Japokwm

     2 likes

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

    75 Japokwm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

    

    

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    xfwm4

     1 like

    Xfwm4 is the window manager for Xfce. Xfwm4 can be run stand-alone, but if used this way, the Xfce Settings Manager will be required as a GUI to make configuration changes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    

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    Sawfish

     3 likes

    Sawfish is an extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language. Its policy is very minimal compared to most window managers. Its aim is simply to manage windows in the most flexible and attractive manner possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
    • Window Manager

    

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    Waybox

     1 like

    An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Window Manager
    • Wayland Compositor

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Openbox
    • Wayland

    

    

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    pekwm

     5 likes

    pekwm is a window manager that once up on a time was based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

    

    

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