spectrwm Alternatives

spectrwm is described as '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' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to spectrwm for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best spectrwm alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like spectrwm are i3, Sway, Openbox and awesome.

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spectrwm alternatives page was last updated May 11, 2024
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  1. Pinnacle icon

    Pinnacle

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    Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built in Rust using Smithay. It's my attempt at creating something like AwesomeWM for Wayland.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    Pinnacle screenshot 1

    Pinnacle Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Rust
    3.  Wayland Support

    Pinnacle VS spectrwm

     

  2. miracle-wm

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    A Wayland compositor based on Mir. It features a tiling window manager at its core, very much in the style of i3 and sway. The intention is to build a compositor that is flashier and more feature-rich than either of those compositors, like swayfx.

    63 miracle-wm alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
    miracle-wm screenshot 1

    miracle-wm Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Tiling Window Manager

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  4. Waybox

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    An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Openbox
    • Wayland
    Waybox screenshot 1

    Waybox Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    Waybox VS spectrwm

     
  5. Polonium icon

    Polonium

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    An autotile manager for Plasma 6. An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. The descendant of autotile.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Wayland
    Polonium screenshot 1

    Polonium Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Wayland Support
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
    4.  Tiling
    5.  KDE

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  6. dwl

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    dwl is a compact, hackable compositor for Wayland based on wlroots. It is intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that dwm does in X11, primarily in terms of functionality, and secondarily in terms of philosophy. Like dwm, dwl is:

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    dwl screenshot 1

    dwl Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Tiling

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  7. Japokwm icon

    Japokwm

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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. 🚀

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Japokwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Tiling

    Japokwm VS spectrwm

     

  9. bug.n

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    bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Workspaces
    4.  Feed Reader

    bug.n VS spectrwm

     
  10. Ratpoison icon

    Ratpoison

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    Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames. All windows are kept maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of your...

    64 Ratpoison alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
    Ratpoison screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Tiling
    5.  X server
    6.  Tiling Window Manager

    Ratpoison VS spectrwm

     
  11. Amethyst Windows icon

    Amethyst Windows

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    Automatic tiling window manager for Windows 10.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Amethyst Windows screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The latest version is from January 2023, and the GitHub repository is archived.

    Amethyst Windows Features

    1.  Window organizer
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    3.  Tiling

    Amethyst Windows VS spectrwm

     
  12. hikari icon

    hikari

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    hikari [ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    hikari screenshot 1

    hikari Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager

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  13. PyTyle icon

    PyTyle

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    PyTyle is an extremely versatile and extensible tiling manager that is meant to be used on top of EWMH window managers. Its feature set was modeled after the basic tiling features of XMonad.

    69 PyTyle alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    PyTyle screenshot 1

    PyTyle Features

    1.  Window organizer
    2.  Tiling Window Manager

    PyTyle VS spectrwm

     
  14. pekwm icon

    pekwm

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    pekwm is a window manager that once up on a time was based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    pekwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    pekwm VS spectrwm

     
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