Best Xmonad Alternatives

Xmonad is described as 'xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half your time aligning and searching for windows. xmonad makes work easier, by automating this' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Xmonad for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac and FreeBSD. The best alternative is i3, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Xmonad are Openbox, awesome, Sway and IceWM.

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Xmonad

Free • Open Source
Window Manager

Mac
Linux

xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half...

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i3
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
BSD
42 alternatives to i3
i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager with clean, readable and documented code, featuring extended Xinerama support, usage of libxcb instead of xlib and several improvements over wmii.
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i3 Features
1. Lightweighti3 consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Tiling Window Manager
Tiling
Built-in bar/panel
Highly costomizable
Tabbed interface
X server
Mod Keys
Openbox
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
BSD
41 alternatives to Openbox
Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.
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Openbox Features
1. LightweightOpenbox consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
KDE
Discontinued
No actively developed anymore. Last commit was in 2015.
awesome
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
BSD
45 alternatives to awesome
awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.
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awesome Features
X server
Tiling
Extensible window manager
Sway
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
42 alternatives to Sway
Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.
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Sway Features
1. Support for Multiple MonitorsSway supports the use of multiple displays.
Wayland Support
Tiling Window Manager
Tiling Layouts
Tiling
IceWM
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
BSD
34 alternatives to IceWM
IceWM is a Window Manager for X Window System. It is fast and memory-efficient, and it provides many different looks including Windows'95, OS/2 Warp 3,4, Motif.
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IceWM Features
X server
bug.n
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Windows
52 alternatives to bug.n
bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.
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bug.n Features
1. Portablebug.n can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Tiling
Workspaces
Customization
Feed Reader
Add a screenshot
Wayfire
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
FreeBSD
43 alternatives to Wayfire
Wayfire is a 3D Wayland compositor, inspired by Compiz and based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable and lightweight environment without sacrificing its appearance.
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Wayfire Features
Wayland Support
Fluxbox
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
BSD
C++
39 alternatives to Fluxbox
Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience. It is built using C++ and licensed under the MIT license.

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yabai
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Mac
64 alternatives to yabai
yabai started as a C99 rewrite of chunkwm, originally supposed to be its first RC version.
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yabai Features
Customizable
Automatic window tiling
Tiling Layouts
Tiling Window Manager
Tiling
Qtile
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Linux
40 alternatives to Qtile
A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python.
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Qtile Features
1. Support for Multiple MonitorsQtile supports the use of multiple displays.
2. Support for scriptingQtile supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
3. Command line interfaceQtile either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Tiling
Extensible window manager

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