tbsm Alternatives

tbsm is described as 'Terminal Based Session Manager is an application or session launcher, written in pure bash with no ncurses or dialog dependencies. It is inspired by cdm, tdm, in some way by krunner and related' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to tbsm for Linux, BSD and Xfce. The best tbsm alternative is LightDM, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like tbsm are Ly, SDDM, emptty and SLiM.

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tbsm alternatives page was last updated Nov 11, 2024
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  1. LightDM

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    A lightweight display manager.

    16 LightDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    LightDM screenshot 1

    LightDM Features

    1.  Display Management
    2.  Login

    LightDM VS tbsm

     

    • LightDM is the most popular Linux alternative to tbsm.

    • LightDM is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to tbsm.

    • LightDM is Free and Open Sourcetbsm is also Free and Open Source
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    Ly

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    TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Ly screenshot 1

    Ly Features

    1.  Login

    Ly VS tbsm

     
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    SDDM

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    Simple Desktop Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login program and session manager) for the X11 and Wayland windowing systems.

    16 SDDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    SDDM screenshot 1

    SDDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    SDDM VS tbsm

     

  5. emptty

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    Dead simple CLI Display Manager on TTY.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    emptty screenshot 1

    emptty Features

    1.  Display Management

    emptty VS tbsm

     
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    SLiM

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    Lightweight and elegant graphical login solution.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    SLiM screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Website is no longer available.

    SLiM Features

    1.  Display Management

    SLiM VS tbsm

     
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    GDM

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    GNOME Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login manager) for the windowing systems X11 and Wayland.

    16 GDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    GDM screenshot 1

    GDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    GDM VS tbsm

     
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    XDM

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    XDM (in full, the X Display Manager) is the default display manager for the X Window System. It is a bare-bones X display manager. It was introduced with X11 Release 3 in October 1988, to support the standalone X terminals that were just coming onto the market.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    XDM screenshot 1

    XDM Features

    1.  C++
    2.  Login
    3.  Display Management

    XDM VS tbsm

     
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    lemurs

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    Terminal User Interface (TUI) Display/Login Manager written in Rust that works on most GNU/Linux and BSD distributions. It can work both with or without SystemD.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    lemurs screenshot 1

    lemurs Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Rust
    4.  Display Management

    lemurs VS tbsm

     

  11. mlogind

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    The MidnightBSD login manager (forked from SLiM).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • BSD

    mlogind Features

    1.  Display Management

    mlogind VS tbsm

     
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    CDM

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    Minimalistic, yet full-featured display manager that provides a fast, dialog-based login system without the overhead of the X Window System. Written in pure bash, CDM has almost no dependencies, yet supports multiple users/sessions and can start virtually any desktop environment...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The latest version (0.7) is from April 2018.

    CDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    CDM VS tbsm

     

  13. Brzdm

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    Brzdm is a simple graphical login manager for X11. It aims to be simple, fast and independent from the various desktop environments. Text and image display is handled by imlib2.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Brzdm Features

    1.  Display Management

    Brzdm VS tbsm

     

  14. xlogin

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    Lightweight, secure and login like console display manager for X.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    xlogin Features

    1.  Login

    xlogin VS tbsm

     
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