Superior X Window Manager Alternatives

Superior X Window Manager has been discontinued. Similar apps include Hyprland, which is free and open source. Other options are niri, i3, GlazeWM and Sway. Window Managers like Superior X Window Manager are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Wayfire icon
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    Wayfire is a 3D Wayland compositor, inspired by Compiz and based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable and lightweight environment without sacrificing its appearance.

    36 Wayfire alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
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  2. river icon
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    Wayland compositor featuring dynamic tiling and Master&Stack layout, offering configuration through riverctl tool with tag system for window management, customizable with rivertile and user layout generators, allowing flexible workspace setup without traditional workspaces.

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    • Linux
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  3. IceWM icon
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    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.

    76 IceWM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. Amethyst icon
     22 likes

    Amethyst is a tiling window manager for Mac similar to the xmonad tiling window manager popular on Linux. Amethyst is written in Objective-C and has configurable shortcuts, multi-monitor support, multiple layouts, and the option to float certain applications.

    119 Amethyst alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. yabai icon
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    yabai started as a C99 rewrite of chunkwm, originally supposed to be its first RC version.

    134 yabai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. Miriway icon
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    Miriway is a starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  8. MangoWM icon
     1 like

    Practical and powerful Wayland compositor (dwm but wayland).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Wayland
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  9. Japokwm icon
     2 likes

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

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. dwm icon
     24 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. Xmonad icon
     25 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • X11
    • Haskell
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  12.  12 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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