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.

filter to find the best alternatives

Sxmo alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be Wayland Compositors. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Sxmo.
Sxmo iconSxmo
  2
  • ...

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...

More about Sxmo
More about Sxmo
Sxmo alternatives page was last updated Nov 22, 2024
  Suggest Alternatives
  1. flwm icon
    flwm icon

    flwm

     2 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    The Fast Light Window Manager is a small stacking FLTK-based window manager written in C++ and available for redistribution under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence.

    41 flwm alternatives
    flwm screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  X server
    flwm screenshot 1
    flwm screenshot 2
    +3
    flwm screenshot 3
    flwm iconSxmo Icon

    flwm VS Sxmo

    Is flwm a good alternative to Sxmo?
     
  2. Sawfish icon
    Sawfish icon

    Sawfish

     3 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Sawfish is an extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language. Its policy is very minimal compared to most window managers. Its aim is simply to manage windows in the most flexible and attractive manner possible.

    53 Sawfish alternatives
    Sawfish screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Sawfish Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    Sawfish iconSxmo Icon

    Sawfish VS Sxmo

    Is Sawfish a good alternative to Sxmo?
     
  4. Phoenix icon
    Phoenix icon

    Phoenix

     5 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Phoenix is a lightweight OS X window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript. You can also easily use languages which compile to JavaScript such as CoffeeScript. Phoenix aims for efficiency and a very small footprint.

    63 Phoenix alternatives
    Phoenix screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    Phoenix iconSxmo Icon

    Phoenix VS Sxmo

    Is Phoenix a good alternative to Sxmo?
     

  5. Vivarium

     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots, with desktop semantics inspired by xmonad.

    69 Vivarium alternatives
    Vivarium screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Vivarium Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
    Sxmo Icon

    Vivarium VS Sxmo

    Is Vivarium a good alternative to Sxmo?
     

  6. Blackbox WM

     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Blackbox is an original window manager, sharing no code with any others. It's designed to be fairly small and minimal, making it particularly suited to less powerful computers. It doesn't support images, other than generated gradients, but it does support multiple...

    64 Blackbox WM alternatives
    Blackbox WM screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Sxmo Icon

    Blackbox WM VS Sxmo

    Is Blackbox WM a good alternative to Sxmo?
     
  7. Gnome Mutter icon
    Gnome Mutter icon

    Gnome Mutter

     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Mutter is a Wayland display server and X11 window manager and compositor library.

    64 Gnome Mutter alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Wayland

    Gnome Mutter Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    Gnome Mutter iconSxmo Icon

    Gnome Mutter VS Sxmo

    Is Gnome Mutter a good alternative to Sxmo?
     
  9. WMFS² icon
    WMFS² icon

    WMFS²

     2 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    WMFS² is a lightweight and highly configurable tiling window manager for X written in C. WMFS² is a free software distributed under the BSD license. It can be driven from keyboard or mouse and its configuration stands in one text file, easily understandable.

    56 WMFS² alternatives
    Source: zachsnyder.deviantart.com/art/My-WMFS-9-30-2011-260849127

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Tiling
    Source: http://wmfs.info/
    Source xenull.deviantart.com/art/WMFS-Norse-288868832
    Discontinued

    The last update on the GitHub repo (https://github.com/xorg62/wmfs) was on August 14th, 2013. The official website is no longer accessible, but has been archived by Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20141218125810/http://wmfs.info/

    WMFS² iconSxmo Icon

    WMFS² VS Sxmo

    Is WMFS² a good alternative to Sxmo?
     
  10. PaperDE icon
    PaperDE icon

    PaperDE

     Like this app
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire.

    50 PaperDE alternatives
    PaperDE screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Wayland
    PaperDE screenshot 1
    PaperDE screenshot 2
    +1
    PaperDE screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline
    PaperDE iconSxmo Icon

    PaperDE VS Sxmo

    Is PaperDE a good alternative to Sxmo?
     
  11. Cage: the Wayland kiosk icon
    Cage: the Wayland kiosk icon

    Cage: the Wayland kiosk

     Like this app
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    59 Cage: the Wayland kiosk alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Cage: the Wayland kiosk Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Compositor
    Cage: the Wayland kiosk iconSxmo Icon

    Cage: the Wayland kiosk VS Sxmo

    Is this a good alternative to Sxmo?
     

  12. Mahogany

     Like this app
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM. While it is not a drop-in replacement for StumpWM, StumpWM users should be very comfortable with Mahogany. Its planned features are:

    56 Mahogany alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    Mahogany Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    Sxmo Icon

    Mahogany VS Sxmo

    Is Mahogany a good alternative to Sxmo?
     
  13. strataWM icon
    strataWM icon

    strataWM

     Like this app
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    55 strataWM alternatives
    strataWM screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux

    strataWM Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    strataWM iconSxmo Icon

    strataWM VS Sxmo

    Is strataWM a good alternative to Sxmo?
     
  14. StumpWM icon
    StumpWM icon

    StumpWM

     Like this app
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    65 StumpWM alternatives
    StumpWM screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    StumpWM Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Extensible window manager
    3.  Tiling Layouts
    4.  Tiling Window Manager
    StumpWM screenshot 1
    StumpWM screenshot 2
    StumpWM iconSxmo Icon

    StumpWM VS Sxmo

    Is StumpWM a good alternative to Sxmo?
     
You are at page 4 of Sxmo alternatives