StumpWM Alternatives

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 50 alternatives to StumpWM for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Mac and FreeBSD apps. The best StumpWM alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like StumpWM are i3, Openbox, Sway and Sxmo.

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StumpWM alternatives page was last updated May 11, 2024
  1. LeftWM icon
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    Left is a tiling window manager written in rust for stability and performance. The core of left is designed to do one thing and one thing well. Be a window manager. Because you probably want more than just a black screen LeftWM is built around the concept of theming.

    66 LeftWM alternatives
    LeftWM screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    3.  X server
    LeftWM iconStumpWM Icon

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  2. Labwc icon
     1 like

    Labwc stands for Lab Wayland Compositor, where lab can mean any of the following:

    54 Labwc alternatives
    Labwc screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Wayland Support
    Labwc iconStumpWM Icon

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  3. Pinnacle icon
     1 like

    Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built in Rust using Smithay. It's my attempt at creating something like AwesomeWM for Wayland.

    55 Pinnacle alternatives
    Pinnacle screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Pinnacle Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Rust
    3.  Wayland Support
    Pinnacle iconStumpWM Icon

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  4.  1 like

    A Wayland compositor based on Mir. It features a tiling window manager at its core, very much in the style of i3 and sway. The intention is to build a compositor that is flashier and more feature-rich than either of those compositors, like swayfx.

    59 miracle-wm alternatives
    miracle-wm screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux

    miracle-wm Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
    StumpWM Icon

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  5. herbstluftwm icon
     5 likes

    herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib.

    65 herbstluftwm alternatives
    herbstluftwm screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    herbstluftwm Features

    1.  X server
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    herbstluftwm iconStumpWM Icon

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  6. niri icon
     2 likes

    Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.

    72 niri alternatives
    niri screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    niri Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    niri iconStumpWM Icon

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  7. Japokwm icon
     1 like

    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (forked from dwl) that makes it a breeze to create custom layouts with a simple configuration. 🚀

    59 Japokwm alternatives
    Japokwm screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Tiling
    Japokwm iconStumpWM Icon

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  8. Polonium icon
     1 like

    An autotile manager for Plasma 6. An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. The descendant of autotile.

    71 Polonium alternatives
    Polonium screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Wayland

    Polonium Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Wayland Support
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
    4.  Tiling
    5.  KDE
    Polonium iconStumpWM Icon

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  9.  1 like

    dwl is a compact, hackable compositor for Wayland based on wlroots. It is intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that dwm does in X11, primarily in terms of functionality, and secondarily in terms of philosophy. Like dwm, dwl is:

    75 dwl alternatives
    dwl screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    dwl Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Tiling
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  10. Gnome Mutter icon
     1 like

    Mutter is a Wayland display server and X11 window manager and compositor library.

    63 Gnome Mutter alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Wayland

    Gnome Mutter Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    Gnome Mutter iconStumpWM Icon

    Gnome Mutter VS StumpWM

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  11.  11 likes

    bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.

    82 bug.n alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    bug.n Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Workspaces
    4.  Feed Reader
    StumpWM Icon

    bug.n VS StumpWM

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    • bug.n is the most popular Windows alternative to StumpWM.

    • bug.n is Free and Open SourceStumpWM is also Free and Open Source
  12. Komorebi Window Manager icon
     2 likes

    komorebi is a tiling window manager that works as an extension to Microsoft's Desktop Window Manager in Windows 10 and above.

    76 Komorebi Window Manager alternatives
    Komorebi Window Manager screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Komorebi Window Manager Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Tiling Window Manager
    Komorebi Window Manager iconStumpWM Icon

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