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qtile

Qtile is a full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written in Python.

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Qtile is a full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written in Python.

Qtile is simple, small, and extensible. It's easy to write your own layouts, widgets, and built-in commands.

Qtile is written and configured entirely in Python, which means you can leverage the full power and flexibility of the language to make it fit your needs.

The Qtile community is active and growing, so there's always someone to lend a hand when you need help. More Info »

Qtile is free and open-source software, distributed under the permissive MIT license.

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qtile was added by Oracle in May 2012 and the latest update was made in Oct 2018. The list of alternatives was updated Jul 2018 There is a history of all activites on qtile in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on qtile or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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