Sawfish Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   WinNumpad Position

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   WinNumpad Positioner is a lightweight and snappy Windows management tool that repositions Windows using simple Windows Key + Numpad combinations.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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   Phoenix

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   Phoenix is a lightweight OS X window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript. You can also easily use languages which compile to JavaScript such as CoffeeScript. Phoenix aims for efficiency and a very small footprint.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

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   Vivarium

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   A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots, with desktop semantics inspired by xmonad.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Wayland

   

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   Deskpose NXT

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   The ultimate desktop organizer. DeskPose NXT helps you to find your applications fast, organize your desktop and become more productive.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Shell Extension

   Origin

   • Spain
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Spain
   • EU

   

   

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   Splitview

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   SplitView enables dual monitor usage with Remote Desktop and widescreen monitors.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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   strataWM

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   Strata is a cutting-edge, robust and sleek Wayland compositor written in Rust using the Smithay library. It is designed to be minimal and flexible yet customizable. Strata is configured in Lua, a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Window Manager
   • Wayland Compositor

   Platforms

   • Wayland
   • Linux

   

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   Cocoa-Way

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   Native macOS Wayland compositor in Rust using Smithay, providing seamless Linux app streaming and display with OpenGL rendering, HiDPI Retina support, hardware acceleration, polished UI, server-side decorations, direct Wayland protocol, and zero VM overhead.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Wayland Compositor

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Homebrew
   • Wayland

   

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    MagmaWM

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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

    • Window Manager

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    

    

    

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    Mahogany

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    Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM. While it is not a drop-in replacement for StumpWM, StumpWM users should be very comfortable with Mahogany. Its planned features are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Window Manager
    • Wayland Compositor

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

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    chadwm

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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Origin

    • India

    Platforms

    • Linux

    • India

    

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    Robata

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    Robata is a macOS app to quickly see all of your desktop windows, find the one you want, and switch to it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Window Manager
    • Shell Extension

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

    

    

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    Cage: the Wayland kiosk

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    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

    

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