SLiM Alternatives

SLiM is described as 'Lightweight and elegant graphical login solution' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SLiM for Linux and BSD. The best SLiM alternative is Ly, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SLiM are LightDM, SDDM, emptty and GDM.

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SLiM alternatives page was last updated Nov 11, 2024

Ly
5 likes
TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.
16 Ly alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
BSD
Is Ly a good alternative to SLiM?
Ly is the most popular Linux alternative to SLiM.
Ly is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SLiM.
Ly is Free and Open Source SLiM is also Free and Open Source
LightDM
8 likes
A lightweight display manager.
16 LightDM alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
Is LightDM a good alternative to SLiM?
SDDM
4 likes
Simple Desktop Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login program and session manager) for the X11 and Wayland windowing systems.
16 SDDM alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
Linux
Is SDDM a good alternative to SLiM?
emptty
1 like
Dead simple CLI Display Manager on TTY.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
Is emptty a good alternative to SLiM?
GDM
1 like
GNOME Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login manager) for the windowing systems X11 and Wayland.
16 GDM alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
Is GDM a good alternative to SLiM?
XDM
Like
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
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
Is XDM a good alternative to SLiM?
xlogin
Like
Lightweight, secure and login like console display manager for X.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
Is xlogin a good alternative to SLiM?
mlogind
Like
The MidnightBSD login manager (forked from SLiM).
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Origin
United States
Platforms
BSD
Is mlogind a good alternative to SLiM?
greetd
Like
Minimal and flexible login manager daemon that makes no assumptions about what you want to launch.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Origin
Denmark
EU
Platforms
Linux
Is greetd a good alternative to SLiM?
MDM (login manager)
Like
The MDM Display Manager.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Origin
Ireland
EU
Platforms
Linux
Is MDM (login manager) a good alternative to SLiM?
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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
Is Brzdm a good alternative to SLiM?
lemurs
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Terminal User Interface (TUI) Display/Login Manager written in Rust that works on most GNU/Linux and BSD distributions. It can work both with or without SystemD.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
Linux
Is lemurs a good alternative to SLiM?