WMFS² Alternatives

Alternatives list

1. W

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   Weston

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   Weston is a Wayland compositor designed for correctness, reliability, predictability, and performance.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Window Manager
   • Wayland Compositor

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Linux

   • Global

   

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2. W

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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

   W

   

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4. 

   

   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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5. J

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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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   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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   sxwm

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   tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • X11

   • United Kingdom

   

   

   

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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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    Cagebreak

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    A Wayland Tiling Compositor Inspired by Ratpoison.

    54 Cagebreak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    C

    

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    chadwm

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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Origin

    • India

    Platforms

    • Linux

    • India

    

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    Cortile

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    Linux auto tiling manager with hot corner support for Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfwm, KWin, Marco, Muffin, Mutter and other EWMH compliant window managers using the X11 window system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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    Konveyor

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    Scrolling column tiling for KDE Plasma.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Origin

    • Thailand

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma

    • Thailand

    

    

    

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14. S

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    Superior X Window Manager

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    Window manager for X inspired by DWM, i3, and other tiling window managers. Windows are assigned to tags, and are automatically arranged on the screen in a stacked layout making the most of your monitor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11

    S

    

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