term.everything Alternatives

term.everything is described as 'Run any GUI app in the terminal?' and is a wayland compositor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to term.everything for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Wayland, Mac and Windows apps. The best term.everything alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like term.everything are niri, i3, Sway and Openbox.

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term.everything alternatives page was last updated Nov 10, 2025

mangowc
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wayland compositor base wlroots and scenefx(dwm but wayland).
53 mangowc alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Wayland Compositor
Platforms
Wayland
Linux
Is mangowc a good alternative to term.everything?
JWM
5 likes
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 .
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Linux
Is JWM a good alternative to term.everything?
Labwc
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Labwc stands for Lab Wayland Compositor, where lab can mean any of the following:
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application types
Window Manager
Wayland Compositor
Platforms
Linux
Is Labwc a good alternative to term.everything?
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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Windows
Is bug.n a good alternative to term.everything?
GridWM (Grid Window Manager)
3 likes
Stack Window Manager With Manual Grid Tiling Layout Extended Desktop Area Left Hand Keyboard + Right Hand Mouse.
Cost / License
Pay once
Proprietary
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Windows
+1
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GridWM (Grid Window Manager) is the most popular commercial alternative to term.everything.
GridWM (Grid Window Manager) is Paid and Proprietaryterm.everything is Free and Open Source
GridWM (Grid Window Manager) is Lightweightterm.everything is not according to our users
LeftWM
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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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Linux
+1
Is LeftWM a good alternative to term.everything?
herbstluftwm
5 likes
herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Linux
BSD
+2
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Miriway
1 like
Miriway is a starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Wayland Compositor
Platforms
Linux
Wayland
Is Miriway a good alternative to term.everything?
Waybox
1 like
An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP).
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application types
Window Manager
Wayland Compositor
Platforms
Linux
Openbox
Wayland
Is Waybox a good alternative to term.everything?
miracle-wm
1 like
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.
65 miracle-wm alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application types
Window Manager
Wayland Compositor
Platforms
Wayland
Linux
Is miracle-wm a good alternative to term.everything?
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...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Linux
X11
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Polonium
1 like
An autotile manager for Plasma 6. An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. The descendant of autotile.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application types
Window Manager
Wayland Compositor
Platforms
Linux
KDE
Wayland
Is Polonium a good alternative to term.everything?