Weston Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   Xlambda

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   Xlambda is an X window manager that is extensible in Guile.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   Wmderland

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   Heavily Inspired by i3wm. Wmderland aims to simplify the core functionalities of i3wm, and bundle in the essential features required for a modern but minimal Tiling Window Manager.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   Subtle window manager

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   subtle is a manual tiling window manager with a rather uncommon approach of tiling: Instead of relying on predefined layouts, subtle divides the screen into a grid with customizeable slots (called gravities).

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   strataWM

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   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Window Manager
   • Wayland Compositor

   Platforms

   • Wayland
   • Linux

   

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   wio

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   Wio is a Wayland compositor for Linux & FreeBSD which has a similar look & feel to plan9's rio.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • FreeBSD

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   PaperWM

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   PaperWM is an experimental Gnome Shell extension providing scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It's inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. Supports Gnome Shell 3.28 and 3.30 on X11 and wayland.

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   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • GNOME

   

   

   

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   StumpWM

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   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Linux

   • Global

   

   

   

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    Jay

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    A Wayland compositor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland

    

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    MagmaWM

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    A versatile and customizable window manager / Wayland compositor, currently in development and actively seeking contributions from the community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    

    

    

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    Mahogany

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    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:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Window Manager
    • Wayland Compositor

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

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