Amethyst Windows Alternatives

Amethyst Windows is described as 'Automatic tiling window manager for Windows 10' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Amethyst Windows for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Wayland, BSD and Windows apps. The best Amethyst Windows alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Amethyst Windows are Rectangle, niri, Sway and SnapZones.

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workspacer
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workspacer is a tiling window manager for Windows 10, similar in style and function to common unix tiling window managers (dwm, i3, xmonad).
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Windows
Good alternative?Is workspacer a good alternative to Amethyst Windows?
VEEER
5 likes
VEEER is a lightweight window manager for your mac OSX - designed for designers & developers and built for a maximum workflow speed.
70 VEEER alternatives
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Mac
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LeftWM
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Left is a tiling window manager written in rust for stability and performance. The core of left is designed to do one thing and one thing well. Be a window manager. Because you probably want more than just a black screen LeftWM is built around the concept of theming.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Linux
+1
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herbstluftwm
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herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Linux
BSD
+2
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PlasmaZones
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Window management tool enabling creation of custom zones, drag-and-snap, keyboard shortcuts, automated window assignments, layout editor with templates, GPU overlays, multi-monitor layouts, virtual desktop and activity support, plus KCM integration for easy configuration.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (LGPL-2.1)
Application type
Window Manager
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
KDE Plasma
United States
+1
Good alternative?Is PlasmaZones a good alternative to Amethyst Windows?
Ratpoison
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Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames. All windows are kept maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of your...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Linux
X11
Good alternative?Is Ratpoison a good alternative to Amethyst Windows?
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Waybox
1 like
An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP).
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Window Manager
Wayland Compositor
Platforms
Linux
Openbox
Wayland
W
Good alternative?Is Waybox a good alternative to Amethyst Windows?
Pinnacle
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Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built in Rust using Smithay. It's my attempt at creating something like AwesomeWM for Wayland.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Linux
Wayland
Good alternative?Is Pinnacle a good alternative to Amethyst Windows?
miracle-wm
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A Wayland compositor based on Mir. It features a tiling window manager at its core, very much in the style of i3 and sway. The intention is to build a compositor that is flashier and more feature-rich than either of those compositors, like swayfx.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Window Manager
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
Wayland
United States
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dwl
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dwl is a compact, hackable compositor for Wayland based on wlroots. It is intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that dwm does in X11, primarily in terms of functionality, and secondarily in terms of philosophy. Like dwm, dwl is:
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Wayland Compositor
Platforms
Linux
Wayland
+5
D
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Polonium
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An autotile manager for Plasma 6. An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. The descendant of autotile.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Window Manager
Wayland Compositor
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
KDE
Wayland
Good alternative?Is Polonium a good alternative to Amethyst Windows?
FancyWM
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FancyWM is a dynamic tiling window manager for Microsoft Windows.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Window Manager
Origin
Bulgaria
EU
Platforms
Windows
Bulgaria
EU
Good alternative?Is FancyWM a good alternative to Amethyst Windows?