GridWM (Grid Window Manager) Alternatives

GridWM (Grid Window Manager) is described as 'Stack Window Manager With Manual Grid Tiling Layout Extended Desktop Area Left Hand Keyboard + Right Hand Mouse' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GridWM (Grid Window Manager) for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Wayland, BSD and Mac apps. The best GridWM (Grid Window Manager) alternative is Microsoft PowerToys, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GridWM (Grid Window Manager) are Hyprland, Sway, niri and i3.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
GridWM (Grid Window Manager) alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Japokwm icon
     2 likes

    A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (forked from dwl) that makes it a breeze to create custom layouts with a simple configuration. 🚀

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. The Emerald Theme Manager allows you to install, edit and switch between Emerald themes. In order for it to work, select Emerald as your window decorator. You will also need to enable the Window Decorations plugin (via CCSM).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Ubuntu
    • BSD
     
  3.  12 likes

    bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. mangowc icon
     1 like

    wayland compositor base wlroots and scenefx(dwm but wayland).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
  5. hikari icon
     2 likes

    hikari [ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. Labwc icon
     2 likes

    Labwc stands for Lab Wayland Compositor, where lab can mean any of the following:

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. PaperDE icon
     1 like

    A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Wayland
     
  8. Pinnacle icon
     1 like

    Pinnacle is a Wayland compositor built in Rust using Smithay. It's my attempt at creating something like AwesomeWM for Wayland.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  9. miracle-wm icon
     1 like

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  10. doWM icon
     1 like

    doWM is a beautiful floating and tiling window manager for X11 completely written in golang.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • X11
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
You are at page 3 of GridWM (Grid Window Manager) alternatives