SDDM Alternatives

SDDM is described as 'Simple Desktop Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login program and session manager) for the X11 and Wayland windowing systems' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SDDM for Linux, BSD and Xfce. The best SDDM alternative is LightDM, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SDDM are Ly, emptty, GDM and SLiM.

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SDDM alternatives page was last updated Nov 22, 2024
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  1. LightDM

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    A lightweight display manager.

    16 LightDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    LightDM screenshot 1

    LightDM Features

    1.  Display Management
    2.  Login

    LightDM VS SDDM

     

    • LightDM is the most popular Linux alternative to SDDM.

    • LightDM is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SDDM.

    • LightDM is Free and Open SourceSDDM is also Free and Open Source
  2. Ly icon

    Ly

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    TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Ly screenshot 1

    Ly Features

    1.  Login

    Ly VS SDDM

     

  4. emptty

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    Dead simple CLI Display Manager on TTY.

    16 emptty alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    emptty screenshot 1

    emptty Features

    1.  Display Management

    emptty VS SDDM

     
  5. GDM icon

    GDM

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    GNOME Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login manager) for the windowing systems X11 and Wayland.

    16 GDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    GDM screenshot 1

    GDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    GDM VS SDDM

     
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    SLiM

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    Lightweight and elegant graphical login solution.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    SLiM screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    SLiM Features

    1.  Display Management

    SLiM VS SDDM

     

  7. mlogind

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    The MidnightBSD login manager (forked from SLiM).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • BSD

    mlogind Features

    1.  Display Management

    mlogind VS SDDM

     

  9. tbsm

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    Terminal Based Session Manager is an application or session launcher, written in pure bash with no ncurses or dialog dependencies. It is inspired by cdm, tdm, in some way by krunner and related.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    tbsm screenshot 1

    tbsm Features

    1.  Display Management

    tbsm VS SDDM

     
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    TDM

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    Console TDM is an extension for xorg-xinit written in pure bash. It is inspired by CDM, which aimed to be a replacement of display managers such as GDM.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    TDM screenshot 1

    TDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    TDM VS SDDM

     

  11. Universal Wayland Session Manager

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    Wraps standalone Wayland compositors into a set of Systemd units on the fly. This provides robust session management including environment, XDG autostart support, bi-directional binding with login session, and clean shutdown.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Universal Wayland Session Manager screenshot 1

    Universal Wayland Session Manager Features

    1.  Display Management

    Universal Wayland Session Manager VS SDDM

     
  12. XDM icon

    XDM

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    XDM (in full, the X Display Manager) is the default display manager for the X Window System. It is a bare-bones X display manager. It was introduced with X11 Release 3 in October 1988, to support the standalone X terminals that were just coming onto the market.

    16 XDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    XDM screenshot 1

    XDM Features

    1.  C++
    2.  Login
    3.  Display Management

    XDM VS SDDM

     

  13. Brzdm

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    Brzdm is a simple graphical login manager for X11. It aims to be simple, fast and independent from the various desktop environments. Text and image display is handled by imlib2.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Brzdm Features

    1.  Display Management

    Brzdm VS SDDM

     

  14. MDM (login manager)

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    The MDM Display Manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • IE flagIreland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    MDM (login manager) Features

    1.  Display Management

    MDM (login manager) VS SDDM

     
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