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, GDM and Universal Wayland Session Manager.

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SLiM alternatives page was last updated Nov 22, 2024

Ly
7 likes
TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.
16 Ly alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
BSD
Is Ly a good alternative to SLiM?
L
L
LightDM
8 likes
A lightweight display manager.
16 LightDM alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
L
Is LightDM a good alternative to SLiM?
SDDM
6 likes
Simple Desktop Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login program and session manager) for the X11 and Wayland windowing systems.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
Linux
Is SDDM a good alternative to SLiM?
GDM
3 likes
GNOME Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login manager) for the windowing systems X11 and Wayland.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
Is GDM a good alternative to SLiM?
U
U
Universal Wayland Session Manager
1 like
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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Linux
U
Is this a good alternative to SLiM?
lemurs
1 like
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?
M
M
mlogind
1 like
The MidnightBSD login manager (forked from SLiM).
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Origin
United States
Platforms
BSD
M
Is mlogind a good alternative to SLiM?
M
M
MDM (login manager)
1 like
The MDM Display Manager.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Origin
Ireland
EU
Platforms
Linux
M
Is MDM (login manager) a good alternative to SLiM?
B
B
Brzdm
1 like
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
B
Is Brzdm a good alternative to SLiM?
T
T
tbsm
1 like
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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
T
Is tbsm a good alternative to SLiM?
emptty
2 likes
Dead simple CLI Display Manager on TTY.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Linux
Is emptty 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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
Is XDM a good alternative to SLiM?