PyTyle Alternatives

PyTyle is described as 'Extremely versatile and extensible tiling manager that is meant to be used on top of EWMH window managers. Its feature set was modeled after the basic tiling features of XMonad' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to PyTyle for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Mac and X11 apps. The best PyTyle alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PyTyle are niri, Sway, i3 and Openbox.

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  1. 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

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
     
  2. Way Cooler is a tiling Wayland window manager, written in Rust, configurable using Lua, and extendable with D-Bus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. 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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  5. sxwm icon
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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
     
  6. MagmaWM icon
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    A versatile and customizable window manager / Wayland compositor, currently in development and actively seeking contributions from the community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  7. Cortile icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    A Wayland compositor.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
     
  9. A Wayland Tiling Compositor Inspired by Ratpoison.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
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