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.

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XDM (in full, the X Display Manager) is the default display manager for the X Window System. It is a bare-bones X display...

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XDM alternatives page was last updated Nov 11, 2024
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  1. LightDM

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    A lightweight display manager.

    16 LightDM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    LightDM screenshot 1

    LightDM Features

    1.  Display Management
    2.  Login

    LightDM VS XDM

     

    • LightDM is the most popular Linux alternative to XDM.

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

    • LightDM is Free and Open SourceXDM is also Free and Open Source
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    Ly

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    TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Ly screenshot 1

    Ly Features

    1.  Login

    Ly VS XDM

     
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    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    SDDM screenshot 1

    SDDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    SDDM VS XDM

     

  5. emptty

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    Dead simple CLI Display Manager on TTY.

    16 emptty alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    emptty screenshot 1

    emptty Features

    1.  Display Management

    emptty VS XDM

     
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    SLiM

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    Lightweight and elegant graphical login solution.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    SLiM screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    SLiM Features

    1.  Display Management

    SLiM VS XDM

     
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    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    GDM screenshot 1

    GDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    GDM VS XDM

     

  9. xlogin

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    xlogin Features

    1.  Login

    xlogin VS XDM

     
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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    TDM screenshot 1

    TDM Features

    1.  Display Management

    TDM VS XDM

     

  11. greetd

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • DK flagDenmark
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    greetd Features

    1.  Display Management

    greetd VS XDM

     

  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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    tbsm screenshot 1

    tbsm Features

    1.  Display Management

    tbsm VS XDM

     

  13. MDM (login manager)

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    The MDM Display Manager.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • IE flagIreland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    MDM (login manager) Features

    1.  Display Management

    MDM (login manager) VS XDM

     
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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    lemurs screenshot 1

    lemurs Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Rust
    4.  Display Management

    lemurs VS XDM

     
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