Qtile Alternatives
Qtile is described as 'A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Qtile for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows and FreeBSD apps. The best Qtile alternative is i3, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Qtile are Openbox, awesome, dwm and Sway.
Qtile alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be Desktop Environments. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Qtile.i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager with clean, readable and documented code, featuring extended Xinerama support, usage of libxcb instead of xlib and several improvements over wmii.
- - i3 is the most popular Linux alternative to Qtile.
- - i3 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Qtile.
i3 Features
Openbox
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo43 Openbox alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
- BSD
Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.
Openbox Features
DiscontinuedNo actively developed anymore. Last commit was in 2015.
awesome
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo46 awesome alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
- BSD
awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.
awesome Features
dwm
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo35 dwm alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
- BSD
dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.
dwm Features
Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.
Hyprland
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo43 Hyprland alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor based on wlroots that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.
Hyprland Features
Xmonad
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo43 Xmonad alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Mac
- Linux
xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half your time aligning and searching for windows. xmonad makes work easier, by automating this.
- - Xmonad is the most popular Mac alternative to Qtile.
Xmonad Features
IceWM
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo36 IceWM alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
- BSD
IceWM is a Window Manager for X Window System. It is fast and memory-efficient, and it provides many different looks including Windows'95, OS/2 Warp 3,4, Motif.
IceWM Features
Fluxbox
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo41 Fluxbox alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
- BSD
- C++
Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience. It is built using C++ and licensed under the MIT license.
bug.n
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo53 bug.n alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Windows
bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.
- - bug.n is the most popular Windows alternative to Qtile.
bug.n Features
Amethyst
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo59 Amethyst alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Mac
Amethyst is a tiling window manager for Mac similar to the xmonad tiling window manager popular on Linux. Amethyst is written in Objective-C and has configurable shortcuts, multi-monitor support, multiple layouts, and the option to float certain applications.
Amethyst Features
spectrwm
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo38 spectrwm alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
spectrwm is a small dynamic tiling window manager for X11. It tries to stay out of the way so that valuable screen real estate can be used for much more important stuff. It has sane defaults and does not require one to learn a language to do any configuration.
spectrwm Features