Polonium Alternatives

Polonium is described as 'An autotile manager for Plasma 6. An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. The descendant of autotile' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Polonium for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Wayland, Mac and Windows apps. The best Polonium alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Polonium are i3, Sway, Openbox and awesome.

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An autotile manager for Plasma 6. An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. The descendant of autotile.

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Polonium alternatives page was last updated Jan 10, 2025
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  1. LeftWM icon

    LeftWM

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    LeftWM screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    3.  X server

    LeftWM VS Polonium

     
  2. Miriway icon

    Miriway

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    Miriway is a starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Miriway Features

    1.  Wayland Support

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  4. KWin

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    KWin is a window manager for the X Window System, and is in the process of becoming a Wayland compositor. It is an integral part, and the default window manager of the Plasma Workspaces, but it can also be used on its own or with other desktop environments.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    KWin's desktop cube.

    KWin Features

    1.  Extensible window manager

    KWin VS Polonium

     
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    herbstluftwm

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

    63 herbstluftwm alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    herbstluftwm screenshot 1

    herbstluftwm Features

    1.  X server
    2.  Tiling Window Manager

    herbstluftwm VS Polonium

     

  6. miracle-wm

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
    miracle-wm screenshot 1

    miracle-wm Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Tiling Window Manager

    miracle-wm VS Polonium

     

  7. Waybox

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    An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Openbox
    • Wayland
    Waybox screenshot 1

    Waybox Features

    1.  Wayland Support

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    Pinnacle

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    Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built in Rust using Smithay. It's my attempt at creating something like AwesomeWM for Wayland.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    Pinnacle screenshot 1

    Pinnacle Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Rust
    3.  Wayland Support

    Pinnacle VS Polonium

     

  10. bug.n

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Workspaces
    4.  Feed Reader

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    Japokwm

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Japokwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Tiling

    Japokwm VS Polonium

     

  12. dwl

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    dwl is a compact, hackable compositor for Wayland based on wlroots. It is intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that dwm does in X11, primarily in terms of functionality, and secondarily in terms of philosophy. Like dwm, dwl is:

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    dwl screenshot 1

    dwl Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Tiling

    dwl VS Polonium

     
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    Ratpoison

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    Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames. All windows are kept maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of your...

    64 Ratpoison alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
    Ratpoison screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Tiling
    5.  X server
    6.  Tiling Window Manager

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  14. Amethyst Windows icon

    Amethyst Windows

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    Automatic tiling window manager for Windows 10.

    91 Amethyst Windows alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Amethyst Windows screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The latest version is from January 2023, and the GitHub repository is archived.

    Amethyst Windows Features

    1.  Window organizer
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    3.  Tiling

    Amethyst Windows VS Polonium

     
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