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Qtile

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A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Linux
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Features

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  1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
  2.  Support for scripting
  3.  Command line interface
  4.  Tiling
  5.  Extensible window manager

 Tags

  • icewm
  • bluetile

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Qtile information

  • Developed by

    Unknown

  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 5

  • Alternatives

    68 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  5,022 Stars
  •  715 Forks
  •  154 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 10, 2025 
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Qtile, and it has gotten 8 likes

Qtile was added to AlternativeTo by Oracle on May 25, 2012 and this page was last updated Jun 15, 2022.

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Small, simple, extensible. Supports scripting, remote commands (also with rofi wrapper) and external status bars.

What is Qtile?

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.

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

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