Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.
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Sawfish AlternativesWindow Managers and other similar apps like Sawfish
Sawfish is described as 'Extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language. Its policy is very minimal compared to most window managers. Its aim is simply to manage windows in the most flexible and attractive manner possible' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Sawfish for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Windows, Mac and X11 apps. The best Sawfish alternative is niri, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sawfish are Openbox, awesome, Cardboard (Wayland compositor) and Sxmo.
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75 Openbox alternativesOpenbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.
81 awesome alternativesawesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.
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Cardboard is a unique, scrollable tiling Wayland compositor designed with laptops in mind. Based on wlroots.
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A minimalist Linux smartphone environment that is truly yours to control. Sxmo, or Simple X Mobile, is a collection of simple and suckless X programs and scripts used together to create a fully functional mobile UI adhering to the Unix philosophy for the PinePhone and other...
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23 Mission Control alternativesMission Control, formerly Exposé, is a feature of the macOS operating system.
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Preme is a free software for Windows which lets you add cool desktop features and enhances the desktop functionality.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Windows
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80 dwm alternativesdwm 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.
Sway is an incredible window manager, and certainly one of the most well established wayland window managers. However, it is restricted to only include the functionality that existed in i3. This fork ditches the simple wlr_renderer, and replaces it with our fx_renderer, capable...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
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- Linux
- Arch Linux
- Gentoo Linux
- Fedora
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A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (forked from dwl) that makes it a breeze to create custom layouts with a simple configuration. 🚀
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