Blackbox WM Alternatives

Blackbox WM is described as 'Blackbox is an original window manager, sharing no code with any others. It's designed to be fairly small and minimal, making it particularly suited to less powerful computers. It doesn't support images, other than generated gradients, but it does support multiple' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Blackbox WM for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best Blackbox WM alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Blackbox WM are niri, Sway, i3 and Openbox.

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  1. 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)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  2. sxwm icon
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    tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
     
  3. 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)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
  5. Cage is a kiosk compositor for Wayland. A kiosk is a window manager (in the X11 world) or compositor (in the Wayland world) that is designed for a user experience wherein user interaction and activities outside the scope of the running application are prevented.

    58 Cage: the Wayland kiosk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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    A Wayland compositor.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
     
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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:

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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