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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  1. Emerald Theme Manager icon

    Emerald Theme Manager

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    The Emerald Theme Manager allows you to install, edit and switch between Emerald themes. In order for it to work, select Emerald as your window decorator. You will also need to enable the Window Decorations plugin (via CCSM).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Ubuntu
    • BSD
    Emerald Theme Manager screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Transparency
    8.  Make window transparent

    Emerald Theme Manager VS Polonium

     
  2. PaperDE icon

    PaperDE

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    A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Wayland
    PaperDE screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline

    PaperDE VS Polonium

     
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    PaperWM

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    PaperWM is an experimental Gnome Shell extension providing scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It's inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. Supports Gnome Shell 3.28 and 3.30 on X11 and wayland.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    Window switching and tiling.

    PaperWM Features

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

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  5. wio

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD

    wio Features

    1.  Wayland Support

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    MagmaWM

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    A versatile and customizable window manager / Wayland compositor, currently in development and actively seeking contributions from the community.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    MagmaWM screenshot 1

    MagmaWM Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Wayland Support

    MagmaWM VS Polonium

     
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    strataWM

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    Strata is a cutting-edge, robust and sleek Wayland compositor written in Rust using the Smithay library. It is designed to be minimal and flexible yet customizable. Strata is configured in Lua, a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
    strataWM screenshot 1

    strataWM Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    strataWM VS Polonium

     

  9. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
    Discontinued

    No updates since Apr 8, 2022.

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    Superior X Window Manager VS Polonium

     
  10. GridWM (KDE Plasma) icon

    GridWM (KDE Plasma)

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    Manual Grid Tiling Layout Of Stack Window Manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    GridWM (KDE Plasma) screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

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  11. Way Cooler icon

    Way Cooler

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    Way Cooler is a tiling Wayland window manager, written in Rust, configurable using Lua, and extendable with D-Bus.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Way Cooler screenshot 1

    Way Cooler Features

    1.  Tiling Layouts
    2.  Rust
    3.  Tiling
    4.  Wayland Support
    5.  Tiling Window Manager

    Way Cooler VS Polonium

     

  12. Jay

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    A Wayland compositor.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
    Jay screenshot 1

    Jay Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Rust

    Jay VS Polonium

     
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