WMFS² Alternatives

WMFS² is described as 'Lightweight and highly configurable tiling window manager for X written in C. WMFS² is a free software distributed under the BSD license. It can be driven from keyboard or mouse and its configuration stands in one text file, easily understandable' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to WMFS² for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Mac and FreeBSD apps. The best WMFS² alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WMFS² are niri, i3, Sway and Openbox.

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  1. MagmaWM icon
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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    A Wayland compositor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
     
  3. PaperDE icon
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    A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Wayland
     
  4. strataWM icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
  5. sxwm icon
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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
     
  6. StumpWM icon
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    A Wayland Tiling Compositor Inspired by Ratpoison.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Cortile icon
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
     
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    Cage is a kiosk compositor for Wayland. A kiosk is a window manager (in the X11 world) or compositor (in the Wayland world) that is designed for a user experience wherein user interaction and activities outside the scope of the running application are prevented.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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