wmii is a small, dynamic window manager for X11. It is scriptable, has a 9p filesystem interface and supports classic and tiling (acme-like) window management. It aims to maintain a small and clean (read hackable and beautiful) codebase.
Superior X Window Manager Alternatives
Superior X Window Manager is described as 'Window manager for X inspired by DWM, i3, and other tiling window managers. Windows are assigned to tags, and are automatically arranged on the screen in a stacked layout making the most of your monitor' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Superior X Window Manager for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Wayland, Windows and Mac apps. The best Superior X Window Manager alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Superior X Window Manager are niri, i3, Sway and GlazeWM.
Alternatives list
JWM is a light-weight window manager for the X11 Window System. JWM is written in C and uses only Xlib at a minimum. Because of its small footprint, JWM makes a good window manager for older computers and less powerful systems, such as the .
bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.
Stack Window Manager With Manual Grid Tiling Layout Extended Desktop Area Left Hand Keyboard + Right Hand Mouse.
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GridWM (Grid Window Manager) is the most popular commercial alternative to Superior X Window Manager.
- GridWM (Grid Window Manager) is Paid and Proprietary
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.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- Openbox
- Wayland
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.
Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built in Rust using Smithay. It's my attempt at creating something like AwesomeWM for Wayland.
Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames. All windows are kept maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of your...
