Openbox Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   doWM

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   doWM is a beautiful floating and tiling window manager for X11 completely written in golang.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • X11
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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   wio

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

   Cost / License

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

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • FreeBSD

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   Superior X Window Manager

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   Window manager for X inspired by DWM, i3, and other tiling window managers. Windows are assigned to tags, and are automatically arranged on the screen in a stacked layout making the most of your monitor.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • X11

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   paneru

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   A scrollable, tiling window manager for MacOS.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

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   Konveyor

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   Scrolling column tiling for KDE Plasma.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • Thailand

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • KDE Plasma

   • Thailand

   

   

   

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   sxwm

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   tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • X11

   • United Kingdom

   

   

   

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   chadwm

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   Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • India

   Platforms

   • Linux

   • India

   

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    Cocoa-Way

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    Native macOS Wayland compositor in Rust using Smithay, providing seamless Linux app streaming and display with OpenGL rendering, HiDPI Retina support, hardware acceleration, polished UI, server-side decorations, direct Wayland protocol, and zero VM overhead.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Wayland Compositor

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Wayland

    

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