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.
sxwm Alternatives
sxwm is described as 'Tiling window managers dont have to be difficult' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to sxwm for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Wayland, Windows and Mac apps. The best sxwm alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like sxwm are niri, i3, GlazeWM and Sway.
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 .
25 Labwc alternativesLabwc stands for Lab Wayland Compositor, where lab can mean any of the following:
- 86 bug.n alternatives
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 sxwm.
- 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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Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built in Rust using Smithay. It's my attempt at creating something like AwesomeWM for Wayland.
- 67 miracle-wm alternatives
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- Openbox
- 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...
