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 50 alternatives to Amethyst Windows for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Wayland, BSD and Windows apps. The best Amethyst Windows alternative is Rectangle, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Amethyst Windows are Hyprland, niri, SnapZones and Sway.

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  1. Cortile icon
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    Linux auto tiling manager with hot corner support for Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfwm, KWin, Marco, Muffin, Mutter and other EWMH compliant window managers using the X11 window system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
     
  2. Window manager for X inspired by DWM, i3, and other tiling window managers. Windows are assigned to tags, and are automatically arranged on the screen in a stacked layout making the most of your monitor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • X11
     
  3. MagmaWM icon
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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)

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  4. PaperWM icon
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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.

    51 PaperWM alternatives

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    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
  5. sxwm icon
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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

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    • Linux
    • X11
     
  6. Way Cooler is a tiling Wayland window manager, written in Rust, configurable using Lua, and extendable with D-Bus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
     
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    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:

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  8. StumpWM icon
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    StumpWM is a tiling, keyboard driven X11 Window Manager written and scriptable in Common Lisp. StumpWM attempts to be customizable yet visually minimal. There are no window decorations, no icons, and no buttons.

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  10.  Like

    A Wayland compositor.

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    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
     
  11. strataWM icon
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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.

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    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
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