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. Pinnacle icon
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    Pinnacle

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

    57 Pinnacle alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Pinnacle Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Rust
    3.  Wayland Support
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    herbstluftwm

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

    63 herbstluftwm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    herbstluftwm Features

    1.  X server
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
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  4. dwl

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    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:

    73 dwl alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    dwl Features

    1.  Compositor
    2.  Tiling
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  5. Japokwm icon
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    Japokwm

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

    60 Japokwm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Tiling
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  6. Polonium icon
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    Polonium

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

    70 Polonium alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Wayland

    Polonium Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Wayland Support
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
    4.  Tiling
    5.  KDE
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  7. bug.n

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

    80 bug.n alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    bug.n Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Workspaces
    4.  Feed Reader
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    Ratpoison

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    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...

    64 Ratpoison alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Tiling
    5.  X server
    6.  Tiling Window Manager
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  10. Amethyst Windows icon
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    Amethyst Windows

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    Automatic tiling window manager for Windows 10.

    89 Amethyst Windows alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Amethyst Windows Features

    1.  Window organizer
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    3.  Tiling
    Discontinued

    The latest version is from January 2023, and the GitHub repository is archived.

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    hikari

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    hikari [ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux.

    73 hikari alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    hikari Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager
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    PyTyle

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    PyTyle is an extremely versatile and extensible tiling manager that is meant to be used on top of EWMH window managers. Its feature set was modeled after the basic tiling features of XMonad.

    69 PyTyle alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    PyTyle Features

    1.  Window organizer
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
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    pekwm

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    pekwm is a window manager that once up on a time was based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties...

    63 pekwm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
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    Bluetile

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    Bluetile is a tiling window manager for Linux, designed to integrate with the GNOME desktop environment. It provides both a traditional, stacking layout mode as well as tiling layouts where windows are arranged to use the entire screen without overlapping.

    87 Bluetile alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Bluetile Features

    1.  Snap windows
    Discontinued

    The last commit on this software is ten years ago and the GNOME desktop has moved on. Notably, it is now difficult to replace the default window manager in GNOME.

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