Windawesome Alternatives

Windawesome is described as '(pronounced - contrary to what you would expect from the way it is written - Windows-om, not Wind-awesome) is a highly customizable tiling/dynamic window manager with multi-monitor support for Windows, which works on top of explorer.exe and not as a shell replacement' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Windawesome for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and FreeBSD apps. The best Windawesome alternative is i3, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Windawesome are WindowGrid, awesome, Sway and altdrag.

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Windawesome

Free • Open Source
Window Manager

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i3
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
BSD
45 i3 alternatives
i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager with clean, readable and documented code, featuring extended Xinerama support, usage of libxcb instead of xlib and several improvements over wmii.
- - i3 is the most popular Linux alternative to Windawesome.
- - i3 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Windawesome.
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i3 Features
1. Lightweighti3 consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Tiling Window Manager
Tiling
Tabbed interface
X server
Built-in bar/panel
Highly costomizable
Mod Keys
WindowGrid
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Free • Proprietary
Window Manager
Windows
65 WindowGrid alternatives
WindowGrid is a modern window management program that allows the user to quickly and easily layout their windows on a dynamic grid.
- - WindowGrid is the most popular Windows alternative to Windawesome.
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WindowGrid Features
1. PortableWindowGrid can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightWindowGrid consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Support for Multiple MonitorsWindowGrid supports the use of multiple displays.
Window organizer
Snap windows
Visual Organization
Organization
Discontinued
No updates since 2016, bug reports on maintainers' BitBucket page go unresponded to. https://bitbucket.org/joshua_wilding/windowgrid-binaries/issues?status=new&status=open
awesome
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
BSD
46 awesome alternatives
awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.
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awesome Features
X server
Tiling
Extensible window manager
Sway
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
45 Sway alternatives
Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.
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Sway Features
1. Support for Multiple MonitorsSway supports the use of multiple displays.
Wayland Support
Tiling Window Manager
Tiling Layouts
Tiling
altdrag
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Windows
80 altdrag alternatives
AltDrag allows you to move and resize windows much easier. When you have it running you can simply hold down the Alt key and then use your mouse to drag any window, and it doesn't matter where in the window you click.
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altdrag Features
1. Portablealtdrag can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Window Resizing
Snap windows
Discontinued
The last version (1.1) is from 2015.
Xmonad
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
Linux
43 Xmonad alternatives
xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half your time aligning and searching for windows. xmonad makes work easier, by automating this.
- - Xmonad is the most popular Mac alternative to Windawesome.
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Xmonad Features
X server
Tiling
Extensible window manager
Hyprland
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
43 Hyprland alternatives
Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor based on wlroots that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.
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Hyprland Features
1. LightweightHyprland consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Support for scriptingHyprland supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Tiling Window Manager
Customizable
Compositor
HyperDock
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
61 HyperDock alternatives
HyperDock adds Windows 7 like features and more to Mac OS X.

Select individual application windows & tabs just by moving the mouse on a dock item, use mouse clicks to quickly open new windows and many more."

Window Previews Ever wondered how to activate a single wind.
- - HyperDock is the most popular commercial alternative to Windawesome.
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HyperDock Features
Dock
Discontinued
The last version (1.7) is from January 2017, but it's still available to download.
bug.n
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Windows
53 bug.n alternatives
bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.
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bug.n Features
1. Portablebug.n can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Tiling
Workspaces
Customization
Feed Reader
Add a screenshot
Amethyst
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
59 Amethyst alternatives
Amethyst is a tiling window manager for Mac similar to the xmonad tiling window manager popular on Linux. Amethyst is written in Objective-C and has configurable shortcuts, multi-monitor support, multiple layouts, and the option to float certain applications.
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Amethyst Features
Snap windows
Tiling Layouts
Customize Windows
Multi Column View
Autostart
Mouse tracking
Application whitelisting
Floating windows
Toggle
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
bspwm
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
40 bspwm alternatives
A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning.
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bspwm Features
Tiling
Wayfire
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
FreeBSD
45 Wayfire alternatives
Wayfire is a 3D Wayland compositor, inspired by Compiz and based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable and lightweight environment without sacrificing its appearance.
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Wayfire Features
Wayland Support