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 May 17, 2025
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    WMFS²

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    WMFS² is a lightweight and highly configurable tiling window manager for X written in C. WMFS² is a free software distributed under the BSD license. It can be driven from keyboard or mouse and its configuration stands in one text file, easily understandable.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Source: zachsnyder.deviantart.com/art/My-WMFS-9-30-2011-260849127
    Discontinued

    The last update on the GitHub repo (https://github.com/xorg62/wmfs) was on August 14th, 2013. The official website is no longer accessible, but has been archived by Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20141218125810/http://wmfs.info/

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Tiling

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    sxwm

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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
    sxwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  X server
    6.  X11/Xorg

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    Cortile

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    Linux auto tiling manager with hot corner support for Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfwm, KWin, Marco, Muffin, Mutter and other EWMH compliant window managers using the X11 window system.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Cortile screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  KDE
    6.  Tiling Window Manager
    7.  Golang
    8.  Support for Hot corners

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  5. Wmderland

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    Heavily Inspired by i3wm. Wmderland aims to simplify the core functionalities of i3wm, and bundle in the essential features required for a modern but minimal Tiling Window Manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Wmderland screenshot 1

    Wmderland Features

    1.  Tiling Layouts
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Tiling Window Manager

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    Subtle window manager

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    subtle is a manual tiling window manager with a rather uncommon approach of tiling: Instead of relying on predefined layouts, subtle divides the screen into a grid with customizeable slots (called gravities).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Subtle window manager Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

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  7. Mahogany

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    Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM. While it is not a drop-in replacement for StumpWM, StumpWM users should be very comfortable with Mahogany. Its planned features are:

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Mahogany Features

    1.  Wayland Support

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  9. Cage: the Wayland kiosk icon

    Cage: the Wayland kiosk

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    Cage is a kiosk compositor for Wayland. A kiosk is a window manager (in the X11 world) or compositor (in the Wayland world) that is designed for a user experience wherein user interaction and activities outside the scope of the running application are prevented.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Cage: the Wayland kiosk Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Compositor

    Cage: the Wayland kiosk VS Polonium

     
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    StumpWM

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    StumpWM is a tiling, keyboard driven X11 Window Manager written and scriptable in Common Lisp. StumpWM attempts to be customizable yet visually minimal. There are no window decorations, no icons, and no buttons.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    StumpWM screenshot 1

    StumpWM Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Extensible window manager
    3.  Tiling Layouts
    4.  Tiling Window Manager

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    Xlambda

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    Xlambda is an X window manager that is extensible in Guile.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Xlambda Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

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  12. chadwm

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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Linux
    chadwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

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

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  13. Weston

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    Weston is a Wayland compositor designed for correctness, reliability, predictability, and performance.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Weston screenshot 1

    Weston Features

    1.  Wayland Support

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  14. Cagebreak

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    A Wayland Tiling Compositor Inspired by Ratpoison.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Cagebreak Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager
    2.  Compositor

    Cagebreak VS Polonium

     
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