Amethyst Alternatives

Alternatives list

1. W

   W

   wio

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   Wio is a Wayland compositor for Linux & FreeBSD which has a similar look & feel to plan9's rio.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • FreeBSD

   W

   

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   wtftw

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux

   

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   MagmaWM

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   A versatile and customizable window manager / Wayland compositor, currently in development and actively seeking contributions from the community.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Wayland

   

   

   

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6. J

   J

   Jay

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   A Wayland compositor.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Rust
   • Wayland

   

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   yashiki

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   macOS tiling window manager.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

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   PaperWM

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   PaperWM is an experimental Gnome Shell extension providing scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It's inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. Supports Gnome Shell 3.28 and 3.30 on X11 and wayland.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • GNOME

   

   

   

   +1

   

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    Xlambda

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    Xlambda is an X window manager that is extensible in Guile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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    strataWM

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    Strata is a cutting-edge, robust and sleek Wayland compositor written in Rust using the Smithay library. It is designed to be minimal and flexible yet customizable. Strata is configured in Lua, a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Window Manager
    • Wayland Compositor

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux

    

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12. M

    M

    Mahogany

     Like

    Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM. While it is not a drop-in replacement for StumpWM, StumpWM users should be very comfortable with Mahogany. Its planned features are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Window Manager
    • Wayland Compositor

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    M

    

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    Plonk Window Manager

     Like

    Plonk is a menu bar app for macOS that bundles a window manager with nine additional desktop utilities, so one icon replaces a stack of single-purpose tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

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    SplitSwipe

     Like

    Window management utility on macOS enabling window snapping, 2- and 3-zone layouts, app rotation, keyboard and trackpad gesture controls, plus overview mode for fast app assignment and switching, offering efficient multitasking in customizable zones.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Origin

    • South Korea

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • South Korea

    

    

    

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    Cisdem WindowManager

     Like

    Cisdem WindowManager can split your screen into various sizes and positions.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Window Manager

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • United States

    

    

    

    +3

    

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