TDM Alternatives

TDM is described as 'Console TDM is an extension for xorg-xinit written in pure bash. It is inspired by CDM, which aimed to be a replacement of display managers such as GDM' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to TDM for Linux, BSD and Xfce. The best TDM alternative is LightDM, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TDM are Ly, SDDM, emptty and SLiM.

TDM

Free • Open Source

Console TDM is an extension for xorg-xinit written in pure bash. It is inspired by CDM, which aimed to be a replacement of...

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TDM alternatives page was last updated Nov 22, 2024

LightDM
8 likes
A lightweight display manager.
16 LightDM alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
LightDM Features
Display Management
Login
LightDM VS TDM
Is LightDM a good alternative to TDM?
- LightDM is the most popular Linux alternative to TDM.
- LightDM is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to TDM.
- LightDM is Free and Open SourceTDM is also Free and Open Source

Ly
5 likes
TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.
16 Ly alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Ly Features
Login
Ly VS TDM
Is Ly a good alternative to TDM?

SDDM
4 likes
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 Features
Display Management
SDDM VS TDM
Is SDDM a good alternative to TDM?

emptty
1 like
Dead simple CLI Display Manager on TTY.
16 emptty alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
emptty Features
Display Management
emptty VS TDM
Is emptty a good alternative to TDM?

SLiM
2 likes
Lightweight and elegant graphical login solution.
16 SLiM alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- Xfce
SLiM Features
Display Management
Discontinued
SLiM VS TDM
Is SLiM a good alternative to TDM?

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...
16 CDM alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
CDM Features
Display Management
Discontinued
The latest version (0.7) is from April 2018.
CDM VS TDM
Is CDM a good alternative to TDM?

Universal Wayland Session Manager
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Wraps standalone Wayland compositors into a set of Systemd units on the fly. This provides robust session management including environment, XDG autostart support, bi-directional binding with login session, and clean shutdown.
16 Universal Wayland Session Manager alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
Universal Wayland Session Manager Features
Display Management
Universal Wayland Session Manager VS TDM
Is this a good alternative to TDM?

tbsm
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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.
16 tbsm alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
tbsm Features
Display Management
tbsm VS TDM
Is tbsm a good alternative to TDM?

xlogin
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Lightweight, secure and login like console display manager for X.
16 xlogin alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
xlogin Features
Login
xlogin VS TDM
Is xlogin a good alternative to TDM?

greetd
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Minimal and flexible login manager daemon that makes no assumptions about what you want to launch.
16 greetd alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
greetd Features
Display Management
greetd VS TDM
Is greetd a good alternative to TDM?

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.
16 XDM alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
XDM Features
C++
Login
Display Management
XDM VS TDM
Is XDM a good alternative to TDM?

mlogind
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The MidnightBSD login manager (forked from SLiM).
16 mlogind alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- BSD
mlogind Features
Display Management
mlogind VS TDM
Is mlogind a good alternative to TDM?