Sawfish Alternatives
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 KWin.
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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.

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


- 37 Splitview alternatives
SplitView enables dual monitor usage with Remote Desktop and widescreen monitors.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows

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.

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.

A versatile and customizable window manager / Wayland compositor, currently in development and actively seeking contributions from the community.


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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.



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
Window manager for X inspired by DWM, i3, and other tiling window managers. Windows are assigned to tags, and are automatically arranged on the screen in a stacked layout making the most of your monitor.





















