wmii Alternatives

wmii is described as 'Small, dynamic window manager for X11. It is scriptable, has a 9p filesystem interface and supports classic and tiling (acme-like) window management. It aims to maintain a small and clean (read hackable and beautiful) codebase' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to wmii for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best wmii alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like wmii are niri, i3, Sway and Openbox.

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  1. WMFS² icon
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    WMFS² is a 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. 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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    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
     
  4. PaperWM icon
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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.

    51 PaperWM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
  5. wtftw icon
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    Window Tiling For The Win (wtftw) is a tiling window manager written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    A Wayland compositor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
     
  7. Xlambda icon
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    Xlambda is an X window manager that is extensible in Guile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
  9. 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
     
  10. 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
     
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    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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