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 is a small dynamic tiling window manager for X11. It tries to stay out of the way so that valuable screen real...

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spectrwm alternatives page was last updated May 17, 2025
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  1. Cortile icon

    Cortile

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    Linux auto tiling manager with hot corner support for Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfwm, KWin, Marco, Muffin, Mutter and other EWMH compliant window managers using the X11 window system.

    52 Cortile alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Cortile screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  KDE
    6.  Tiling Window Manager
    7.  Golang
    8.  Support for Hot corners

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  2. Way Cooler icon

    Way Cooler

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    Way Cooler is a tiling Wayland window manager, written in Rust, configurable using Lua, and extendable with D-Bus.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Way Cooler screenshot 1

    Way Cooler Features

    1.  Tiling Layouts
    2.  Rust
    3.  Tiling
    4.  Wayland Support
    5.  Tiling Window Manager

    Way Cooler VS spectrwm

     

  4. Weston

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    Weston is a Wayland compositor designed for correctness, reliability, predictability, and performance.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Weston screenshot 1

    Weston Features

    1.  Wayland Support

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  5. strataWM icon

    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
    strataWM screenshot 1

    strataWM Features

    1.  Wayland Support

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  6. chadwm

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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Linux
    chadwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

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

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  7. Cage: the Wayland kiosk icon

    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.

    58 Cage: the Wayland kiosk alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Cage: the Wayland kiosk Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Compositor

    Cage: the Wayland kiosk VS spectrwm

     

  9. Cagebreak

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    A Wayland Tiling Compositor Inspired by Ratpoison.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Cagebreak Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager
    2.  Compositor

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  10. Xlambda icon

    Xlambda

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    Xlambda is an X window manager that is extensible in Guile.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Xlambda Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

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  11. Emerald Theme Manager icon

    Emerald Theme Manager

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    The Emerald Theme Manager allows you to install, edit and switch between Emerald themes. In order for it to work, select Emerald as your window decorator. You will also need to enable the Window Decorations plugin (via CCSM).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Ubuntu
    • BSD
    Emerald Theme Manager screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Transparency
    8.  Make window transparent

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  12. wtftw icon

    wtftw

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    Window Tiling For The Win (wtftw) is a tiling window manager written in Rust.

    43 wtftw alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    wtftw screenshot 1

    wtftw Features

    1.  Tiling
    2.  Tiling Window Manager

    wtftw VS spectrwm

     
  13. PaperWM icon

    PaperWM

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    PaperWM is an experimental Gnome Shell extension providing scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It's inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. Supports Gnome Shell 3.28 and 3.30 on X11 and wayland.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    Window switching and tiling.

    PaperWM Features

    1.  Tiling
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    3.  Window Switching
    4.  Tiling Layouts

    PaperWM VS spectrwm

     
  14. MagmaWM icon

    MagmaWM

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    MagmaWM screenshot 1

    MagmaWM Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Wayland Support

    MagmaWM VS spectrwm

     
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