XDM Alternatives

XDM is described as '(in full, the X Display Manager) is the default display manager for the X Window System. It is a bare-bones X display manager. It was introduced with X11 Release 3 in October 1988, to support the standalone X terminals that were just coming onto the market' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to XDM for Linux, BSD and Xfce. The best XDM alternative is Ly, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like XDM are LightDM, SDDM, emptty and SLiM.

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  1. Ly icon

    Ly

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    TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.

    16 Ly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • Ly is the most popular Linux alternative to XDM.

    • Ly is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to XDM.

    • Ly is Free and Open SourceXDM is also Free and Open Source
  4. SDDM icon

    SDDM

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    Simple Desktop Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login program and session manager) for the X11 and Wayland windowing systems.

    16 SDDM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. SLiM icon

    SLiM

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    Lightweight and elegant graphical login solution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  7. GDM icon

    GDM

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    GNOME Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login manager) for the windowing systems X11 and Wayland.

    16 GDM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. xlogin

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    Lightweight, secure and login like console display manager for X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. TDM icon

    TDM

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    Console TDM is an extension for xorg-xinit written in pure bash. It is inspired by CDM, which aimed to be a replacement of display managers such as GDM.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. greetd

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    Minimal and flexible login manager daemon that makes no assumptions about what you want to launch.

    16 greetd alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  12. tbsm

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    Terminal Based Session Manager is an application or session launcher, written in pure bash with no ncurses or dialog dependencies. It is inspired by cdm, tdm, in some way by krunner and related.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  13. MDM (login manager)

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    The MDM Display Manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  14. lemurs icon

    lemurs

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    Terminal User Interface (TUI) Display/Login Manager written in Rust that works on most GNU/Linux and BSD distributions. It can work both with or without SystemD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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