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 LightDM, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like XDM are Ly, SDDM, emptty and SLiM.
- Free • Open Source
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
LightDM Features
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Ly Features
- 16 SDDM alternatives
Simple Desktop Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login program and session manager) for the X11 and Wayland windowing systems.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
SDDM Features
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
emptty Features
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- Xfce
DiscontinuedSLiM Features
- 16 GDM alternatives
GNOME Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login manager) for the windowing systems X11 and Wayland.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
GDM Features
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
xlogin Features
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
TDM Features
Minimal and flexible login manager daemon that makes no assumptions about what you want to launch.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Country of Origin
Denmark
EU
Platforms
- Linux
greetd Features
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
tbsm Features
License model
- Free • Open Source
Country of Origin
Ireland
EU
Platforms
- Linux
MDM (login manager) Features
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
lemurs Features