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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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  • Linux
  • BSD
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Screenshot by folcraed Source: https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/issues/1395#issuecomment-272668779
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  1.  Lightweight

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  1.  X server
  2.  Tiling
  3.  Extensible window manager

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  •  6,960 Stars
  •  631 Forks
  •  571 Open Issues
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What is 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.

It is primarily targeted at power users, developers and any people dealing with every day computing tasks and who want to have fine-grained control on theirs graphical environment.