Sxmo Alternatives

Sxmo is described as 'A minimalist Linux smartphone environment that is truly yours to control. Sxmo, or Simple X Mobile, is a collection of simple and suckless X programs and scripts used together to create a fully functional mobile UI adhering to the Unix philosophy for the PinePhone and other' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Sxmo for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Wayland, Mac and Windows apps. The best Sxmo alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sxmo are i3, Openbox, Sway and Fluxbox.

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A minimalist Linux smartphone environment that is truly yours to control. Sxmo, or Simple X Mobile, is a collection of simple and suckless X programs and scripts used together to create a fully functional mobile UI adhering...

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Sxmo alternatives page was last updated May 11, 2024
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  1. Xmonad icon
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    Xmonad

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    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.

    71 Xmonad alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Xmonad Features

    1.  X server
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Extensible window manager
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  2. yabai icon
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    yabai

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

    100 yabai alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    yabai Features

    1.  Automatic window tiling
    2.  Tiling Layouts
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
    4.  Tiling
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  4. Wayfire icon
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    Wayfire

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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.

    16 Wayfire alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD

    Wayfire Features

    1.  Wayland Support
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  5. spectrwm icon
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    spectrwm

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    spectrwm is a small dynamic tiling window manager for X11. It tries to stay out of the way so that valuable screen real estate can be used for much more important stuff. It has sane defaults and does not require one to learn a language to do any configuration.

    64 spectrwm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  6. Labwc icon
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    Labwc

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

    16 Labwc alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Wayland Support
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  7. wmii icon
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    wmii

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    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.

    64 wmii alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    wmii Features

    1.  Tiling
    2.  X server
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  9. JWM icon
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    JWM

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    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 .

    65 JWM alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
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  10. SwayFX icon
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    SwayFX

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    Sway is an incredible window manager, and certainly one of the most well established wayland window managers. However, it is restricted to only include the functionality that existed in i3. This fork ditches the simple wlr_renderer, and replaces it with our fx_renderer, capable...

    59 SwayFX alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo Linux
    • Fedora
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Sway
    • FreeBSD
    • Wayland

    SwayFX Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Compositor
    4.  Wayland Support
    5.  OPENGL
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  11. LeftWM icon
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    LeftWM

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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.

    64 LeftWM alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    3.  X server
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  12. Komorebi Window Manager icon
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    Komorebi Window Manager

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

    74 Komorebi Window Manager alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    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
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    • Komorebi Window Manager is the most popular Windows alternative to Sxmo.

    • Komorebi Window Manager is Free and Open SourceSxmo is also Free and Open Source

  13. miracle-wm

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    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.

    60 miracle-wm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux

    miracle-wm Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
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  14. Waybox

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    An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP).

    16 Waybox alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Openbox
    • Wayland

    Waybox Features

    1.  Wayland Support
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