StumpWM AlternativesWindow Managers and other similar apps like StumpWM
StumpWM is described as 'Tiling, keyboard driven X11 Window Manager written and scriptable in Common Lisp. StumpWM attempts to be customizable yet visually minimal. There are no window decorations, no icons, and no buttons' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to StumpWM for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows and FreeBSD apps. The best StumpWM alternative is i3, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like StumpWM are Openbox, Hyprland, awesome and dwm.
StumpWM alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be Desktop Environments. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of StumpWM.i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager with clean, readable and documented code, featuring extended Xinerama support, usage of libxcb instead of xlib and several improvements over wmii.
- - i3 is the most popular Linux alternative to StumpWM.
- - i3 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to StumpWM.
i3 Features
- 43 Openbox alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
- BSD
Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.
Openbox Features
DiscontinuedNo actively developed anymore. Last commit was in 2015.
- 43 Hyprland alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor based on wlroots that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.
Hyprland Features
- 46 awesome alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
- BSD
awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.
awesome Features
- 35 dwm alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
- BSD
dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.
Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.
- 43 Xmonad alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Mac
- Linux
xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half your time aligning and searching for windows. xmonad makes work easier, by automating this.
- - Xmonad is the most popular Mac alternative to StumpWM.
Xmonad Features
- 40 bspwm alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning.
bspwm Features
- 36 IceWM alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
- BSD
IceWM is a Window Manager for X Window System. It is fast and memory-efficient, and it provides many different looks including Windows'95, OS/2 Warp 3,4, Motif.
IceWM Features
- 41 Qtile alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python.
Qtile Features
- 41 Fluxbox alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
- BSD
- C++
Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience. It is built using C++ and licensed under the MIT license.
- 53 bug.n alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Windows
bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.
- - bug.n is the most popular Windows alternative to StumpWM.
bug.n Features