wtftw Alternatives

wtftw is described as 'Window Tiling For The Win (wtftw) is a tiling window manager written in Rust' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to wtftw for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows and Wayland apps. The best wtftw alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like wtftw are i3, Openbox, Sway and awesome.

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Window Tiling For The Win (wtftw) is a tiling window manager written in Rust.

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wtftw alternatives page was last updated Jun 17, 2023
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  1. bug.n

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    bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Workspaces
    4.  Feed Reader

    bug.n VS wtftw

     
  2. Ratpoison icon

    Ratpoison

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    Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames. All windows are kept maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of your...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
    Ratpoison screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Tiling
    5.  X server
    6.  Tiling Window Manager

    Ratpoison VS wtftw

     
  4. Amethyst Windows icon

    Amethyst Windows

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    Automatic tiling window manager for Windows 10.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Amethyst Windows screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The latest version is from January 2023, and the GitHub repository is archived.

    Amethyst Windows Features

    1.  Window organizer
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    3.  Tiling

    Amethyst Windows VS wtftw

     
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    hikari

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    hikari [ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    hikari screenshot 1

    hikari Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager

    hikari VS wtftw

     
  6. i3-gaps icon

    i3-gaps

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    i3-gaps is a fork of i3wm, a tiling window manager for X11. It is kept up to date with upstream, adding a few additional features such as gaps between windows.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    i3-gaps screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    i3-gaps has been merged into i3 icon i3.

    i3-gaps Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager

    i3-gaps VS wtftw

     
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    PyTyle

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    PyTyle is an extremely versatile and extensible tiling manager that is meant to be used on top of EWMH window managers. Its feature set was modeled after the basic tiling features of XMonad.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    PyTyle screenshot 1

    PyTyle Features

    1.  Window organizer
    2.  Tiling Window Manager

    PyTyle VS wtftw

     
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    pekwm

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    pekwm is a window manager that once up on a time was based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    pekwm screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    pekwm VS wtftw

     
  10. Bluetile icon

    Bluetile

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    Bluetile is a tiling window manager for Linux, designed to integrate with the GNOME desktop environment. It provides both a traditional, stacking layout mode as well as tiling layouts where windows are arranged to use the entire screen without overlapping.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Bluetile screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The last commit on this software is ten years ago and the GNOME desktop has moved on. Notably, it is now difficult to replace the default window manager in GNOME.

    Bluetile Features

    1.  Snap windows

    Bluetile VS wtftw

     
  11. Phoenix icon

    Phoenix

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    Phoenix is a lightweight OS X window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript. You can also easily use languages which compile to JavaScript such as CoffeeScript. Phoenix aims for efficiency and a very small footprint.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Phoenix screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Phoenix VS wtftw

     

  12. Vivarium

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    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots, with desktop semantics inspired by xmonad.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Vivarium screenshot 1

    Vivarium Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Tiling Window Manager

    Vivarium VS wtftw

     

  13. Blackbox WM

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    Blackbox is an original window manager, sharing no code with any others. It's designed to be fairly small and minimal, making it particularly suited to less powerful computers. It doesn't support images, other than generated gradients, but it does support multiple...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Blackbox WM screenshot 1

    Blackbox WM VS wtftw

     
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    WMFS²

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Source: zachsnyder.deviantart.com/art/My-WMFS-9-30-2011-260849127
    Discontinued

    The last update on the GitHub repo (https://github.com/xorg62/wmfs) was on August 14th, 2013. The official website is no longer accessible, but has been archived by Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20141218125810/http://wmfs.info/

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Tiling

    WMFS² VS wtftw

     
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