Subtle window manager Alternatives

Apps similar to Subtle window manager include niri, which is free and open source. Other options are awesome, KWin, Qtile and dwm. There's no shortage of Window Managers like Subtle window manager, with more than 25 alternatives for Linux and Mac.

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    Weston is a Wayland compositor designed for correctness, reliability, predictability, and performance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Strata is a cutting-edge, robust and sleek Wayland compositor written in Rust using the Smithay library. It is designed to be minimal and flexible yet customizable. Strata is configured in Lua, a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
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  3. StumpWM icon
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    StumpWM is a 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.

    Cost / License

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    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. Cage is a kiosk compositor for Wayland. A kiosk is a window manager (in the X11 world) or compositor (in the Wayland world) that is designed for a user experience wherein user interaction and activities outside the scope of the running application are prevented.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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